Title page of a French edition of the book ?????Les derniers jours de Pompei?????(The last days of Pompeii - Edward Bulwer Lytton); Mame edition; mid 19th century (between 1840 and 1850) - Roman novel imitated by Bulwer by Adrien Lemercier. The frontispiece represents the death of Arbaces; killed by the fall of a column during the eruption of the Vesuve. The illustration on the title page shows an assembly of Christian faithful praying before a crucifix (Christ on the cross)