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Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei being an account of the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the month of August 1779 : communicated to the Royal Society of London by Sir William Hamilton K.B.F.R.S. His Brittanic Majesty's envoy extraordinary, and plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples to which are annexed 5 plates illuminated from dawings [sic] taken, and colour'd after nature under the inspection of the author by the editor Mr. Peter Fabris = Supplément au Campi Phlegraei ou Relation de la grande eruption du Mont Vesuve au mois de Aout 1779 : communiquée à la Societé Roiale de Londres par le chevalier Hamilton chevalier de L'Ordre du Bain, envoyé extraordinaire, et plenipotentaire de sa Majesté Britannique a La Cour de Naples, et membre de La Societé Roiale de Londres a laquelle on a ajouté 5 planches enluminées d'après les desseins faits, & coloriés d'après nature sous l'inspection de l'auteur, par l'éditeur le sieur Pierre Fabris.

Accession number
PML 198953
Creator
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.
Published
Naples : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Credit line
Gift of William Wyer, 2022.
Notes
On plate I: Societati Regiae Londini Gulielmus Hamilton, Baln. ord. eques. DDD, MMCCLXXIX.
The letter on the verso of page 29 is dated "Die 9 mensis Maji 1780. Neapoli."
Description
[4], 29 (i.e. 36), [3] pages, 5 leaves of plates (numbered I-V) : color illustrations ; 46.5 cm (folio)
Inscriptions/Markings
Illustrations hand-colored.
Provenance
Unidentified Italian shelfmark stamp: "Casella [89] N ___" (front pastedown), unidentified bookseller's ticket, abraded (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