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
