Excerpt from A Complete Handbook to the National Museum in Naples, According to the New Arrangement: With Plans and Historical Sketch of the Building, and an Appendix Relative to Pompeii and Herculaneum Having been much encouraged by the success that has attended the first two editions of this Handbook, I have decided, on account especially of the re - arrangement of the Museum and the re-numbering of the collections, to bring out a third edition, which Should give more ample assistance to the student without being too scientific for the use of the tourist. In this work I have been cordially assisted by Mr. Neville Rolfe, an English gentleman residing here. Who, for the benefit of his fellow countrymen has kindly assisted me for several $months and whose varied reading and indefatigable perseverance have added very materially to the value of the Handbook. Domenico monaco. Naples. It has been with great pleasure that I have assisted Mr. Monaco in bringing out this new edition of his Hand book to the Naples Museum. His intimate knowledge of the Specimens, and his various works upon the subject, give him an experience which enables him to speak with authority. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.