Teodoro Monticelli e Nicola Covelli, Storia de’ fenomeni del Vesuvio avvenuti negli anni 1821, 1822 e parte del 1823, con osservazioni e sperimenti, Naples 1823 Be 4015-4230 raro IV Teodoro Monticelli and his pupil Nicola Covelli were the most important scholars of Vesuvian mineralogy at the transition between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Their Prodromo […]

Giuseppe Gioeni, Saggio di litologia vesuviana, Naples 1790 Zh 572-3900 raro IV Born in Catania, Giuseppe Gioeni was a famous mineralogist and the owner of a well-known naturalistic collection in the eighteenth century. His Relazione dell’eruzione dell’Etna of 1787 (‘Account of the eruption of Etna’) is on display in this same exhibition. Three years later,

Ascanio Filomarino, Gabinetto Vesuviano Del Duca Della Torre. Edizione terza, Naples 1797  Be 4015-3970 raro III This illustrated catalogue of Vesuvian eruptions is the work of Duke Filomarino, a Neapolitan scientist known for his interest in seismic and eruptive phenomena. The copy here is from the third edition: the editio princeps had been published in

Giovanni Maria Della Torre, Histoire Et Phénoménes Du Vésuve, Paris 1776 Be 4015-3550/b raro III This is a French reprint of the Storia e fenomeni del Vesuvio by the Somasque Father Giovanni Maria Della Torre (Naples, 1755), published together with the Divisamento critico sulle correnti opinioni intorno a fenomeni del Vesuvio e degli altri volcani

Antonio Vetrani, Il prodromo vesuviano, Naples 1780 Be 4015-3800 raro III Antonio Vetrani (1744-1813) began studying at the Jesuit College in Naples at the age of 11 and was ordained a priest in 1767. His philosophical and scientific interests focused on the study and influence of Antiquity. In contact with intellectuals of his time such

Dei vulcani o monti ignivomi più noti, e distintamente del Vesuvio, osservazioni fisiche e notizie istoriche di uomini insigni di vari tempi, raccolte con diligenza, 2 vols., Livorno 1779 Zh 572-3790/1 raro III; Zh 572-3790/2 raro III This is a small-format two-volume edition of writings by various authors whose editors are presented as an anonymous

Atanagio Cavalli, Il Vesuvio. Poemetto storico-fisico con annotazioni, Milan 1769 Be 4015-3690 raro III The Poemetto storico-fisico (‘Historical-physical poem’) by Atanagio (also Anastasio) Cavalli, an astronomer and poet from Piedmont, is one of the literary texts on Vesuvius shown in the exhibition, with the 1769 edition (editio princeps: 1767) on display. The interest of the

Giuseppe Maria Mecatti, Racconto storico-filosofico del Vesuvio e particolarmente di quanto è occorso in quest’ultima eruzione principiata il dì 25 ottobre 1751, Naples 1752 Zi 706-3520 raro IV The Racconto storico-filosofico del Vesuvio (‘Historical-philosophical account of Vesuvius’) is a work with a complex publishing history, which led to the circulation of copies that differed considerably

Arcangelo D’Onofrio, Ausführlicher Bericht von dem leztern Ausbruche des Vesuvs, am 15ten Juni 1794, Dresden 1795 Be 4015-3950 raro IV As the title page explains, in addition to D’Onofrio’s report, the publication contains a hermit’s letter to Vesuvius and two letters by the Duca della Torre on the same event. The translation was undertaken by

Ascanio Filomarino, Lettere due sull’eruzione del Vesuvio de’ 15 giugno 1794, Naples 1794 Be 4015-3940 raro IV Ascanio Filomarino dei Duchi della Torre (1751-1799) was a scientist and intellectual belonging to the Neapolitan nobility. Educated in Rome at the Nazarene College, a leading institution for scientific disciplines in the modern age, from a young age