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Campi Phlegraei : observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies, as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London / by Sir William Hamilton, K.B. F.R.S., His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples ; to which, in order to convey the most precise idea of each remark, a new and accurate map is annexed, with 54 plates illuminated from drawings taken and colour'd after nature, under inspection of the author, by the editor, Mr. Peter Fabris = Observations sur les volcans des Deux Siciles, telles qu' elles ont été communiquées à la Société royale de Londres / par le chevalier Hamilton ... auxquelles pour donner une idée plus précise de chaque observation, on a ajouté une carte nouvelle & très exacte avec 54 planches enluminées d'après les desseins faits & coloriés sur la nature même, sous l'inspection de l'auteur, par l'éditeur le sieur Pierre Fabris.

Accession number
PML 198951-52
Creator
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.
Published
Naples : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Credit line
Gift of William Wyer, 2022.
Notes
Volume 2 is unpaginated.
A "Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei" was issued in 1779.
Description
2 volumes : color illustrations (engravings), 1 color map (engraving) ; 45 cm (fol.)
Inscriptions/Markings
Illustrations hand-colored.
Provenance
Unidentified Italian shelfmark stamp: "Casella [89] N ___" (vol. I, front pastedown), Libreria Antiquaria Madiolanum, bookseller's ticket (vol. I, front pastedown); Gerhard Güttler, bull's head stamp (vol. 1, front endleaf 1 verso); Morgan Library & Museum, gift of William Wyer, Nov. 2022.
Binding
18th/early-19th century, Italian quarter calf over patterned paper boards (45 x 33.5 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves.
Classification
Department