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

Domenico Tata, Breve relazione dell’ultima eruttazione del Vesuvio, Naples, 1790 Be 4018-3900 raro III The Breve relazione (‘short account’) by Domenico Tata (1733-1794?), naturalist and volcanologist from Molise, is a scientific report dedicated to the eruption of Vesuvius in 1790. The text is divided into two macro-sections of the same size arranged chronologically, through which

Michele Torcia, Relazione dell’ultima eruzione del Vesuvio accaduta nel mese di agosto di questo anno 1779; Rélation de la dernière éruption du Vésuve arrivée au mois d’août de cette année 1779, Naples 1779 Be 4015-3790 raro III The Relazione dell’ultima eruzione del Vesuvio in 1779 by Michele Torcia (1736-1808), a philosopher and officer of Calabrian

Giovanni Maria Della Torre, Incendio del Vesuvio accaduto i 19 d’ottobre del 1767, Naples 1767 Be 4015-3670 raro IV The treatise is the work of Giovanni Maria Della Torre (1710-1782), a Roman scientist and philosopher who moved to Naples in 1741. In the capital of the Kingdom, he devoted himself mainly to teaching mathematics and

Louis-Adrien Duperron de Castera, Histoire du Mont Vésuve […] traduit de l’Italien, Paris 1741 Be 4015-3370/b raro II This volume, dedicated to the Louis, Dauphin of France, is the translation of the Istoria dell’incendio by the scientist Francesco Serao (Naples 1737). As reported in the Avis du traducteur, it constitutes the first treatise in French

Francesco Serao, Istoria dell’incendio del Vesuvio accaduto nel mese di maggio dell’anno MDCCXXXVII: scritta per l’Accademia delle Scienze. Seconda edizione riveduta ed accresciuta di alquante annotazioni, Naples 1740 Be 4015-3380/a raro III The work is a re-edition of the treatise on the Vesuvian eruption of 1737, the editio princeps of which had been published in

Ignazio Sorrentino, Istoria del monte Vesuvio divisata in due libri, Naples 1734 Be 4015-3340 raro IV The Istoria del monte Vesuvio in due libri written by the priest Ignazio Sorrentino, printed by Giuseppe Severini in 1734, is dedicated to Celestino Galiani, major chaplain of the Kingdom of Naples and prefect of the Regi Studi, promoter

Gaspare Paragallo, Istoria naturale del monte Vesuvio divisata in due libri, Naples 1705 Be 4015-3050/1-2 raro IV Gaspare Paragallo’s Istoria naturale is one of the first works to attempt to offer, through a broad and systematic treatment, an exhaustive explanation of the eruptive activity of Vesuvius. Little is known about the author, a Neapolitan jurist,