HAMILTON, Sir William. Campi Phlegraei, Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies . Naples, 1776. 3 volumes including supplement, 2° (460 x 330mm.). Printed titles and text in English and French. Hand-coloured engraved double-page map by Joseph Guerra after Pietro Fabris 59 hand-coloured plates, each edged in black with grey-wash margins. (Some light soiling to inner margins, several leaves detached). Contemporary half roan (worn and lightly soiled, volume I lacking spine and stitching shaken); sold not subject to return. FIRST EDITION. The exquisitely coloured plates include a number of spectacular scenes of the eruptions of Vesuvius both by day and by night. Hamilton produced the work to support his theories on the formation of landmass as a result of volcanic activity. (3)
HAMILTON, Sir William. Campi Phlegraei, Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies . Naples, 1776. 3 volumes including supplement, 2° (460 x 330mm.). Printed titles and text in English and French. Hand-coloured engraved double-page map by Joseph Guerra after Pietro Fabris 59 hand-coloured plates, each edged in black with grey-wash margins. (Some light soiling to inner margins, several leaves detached). Contemporary half roan (worn and lightly soiled, volume I lacking spine and stitching shaken); sold not subject to return. FIRST EDITION. The exquisitely coloured plates include a number of spectacular scenes of the eruptions of Vesuvius both by day and by night. Hamilton produced the work to support his theories on the formation of landmass as a result of volcanic activity. (3)
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