Giulio Cesare Recupito, De Vesuviano incendio nuntius, Naples 1632 Be 4015-2321 raro III Among the numerous informative and scientific writings inspired by the Vesuvian eruption of 1631, the treatise in Latin by the Jesuit Giulio Cesare Recupito (1581-1647) was among the most widespread and influential. The author was an esteemed preacher and lecturer in philosophy […]

  Cesare Braccini, Dell’incendio fattosi nel Vesuvio a’ XVI di dicembre M.DC.XXXI, Naples 1632 Be 4015-2320 raro III This is one of several accounts of the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius, a published volume that was very widely circulated in the Kingdom of Naples. The abbot from Lucca, who witnessed the catastrophe during a stay in