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  • A volcanic crater on the island of Stromboli. Coloured aquatint, 1812, after Luigi Mayer.
  • The Porto Pavone on the island of Nisida, showing the curved sides of a sunken crater; Pietro Fabris sketching and Sir William Hamilton in the foreground. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Allegorical and historical scenes of medicine: including a dissection and a distillation laboratory, and Hygieia receiving the organic and mineral bounty of the earth employed in remedies. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.
  • 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... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.
  • Interior of the cone of the Somma mountain, showing strata of lava. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The eruption of Mount Etna in 1669. Etching.
  • Pieces of volcanic minerals from Solfatara. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • A volcanic eruption in Herculaneum (?), showing the advance of lava flow over walls, with Vesuvius visible in the background. Gouache painting, 1861.
  • Mount Vesuvius from the sea shore above Resina. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Pieces of lava and vitrified, flinty matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
  • An eruption of Vesuvius at night, 1829, showing the inside of the crater with smoke, fire and lava, and spectators looking on. Coloured aquatint.
  • 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... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.
  • The Fossa Grande of Mount Vesuvius, showing the deep hollow ways cut by torrents of rainwater. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • People promenading down the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Coloured lithograph by G. Dura, 1850.
  • Mount Vesuvius at night, showing an eruption of smoke fire and lava at its base, with boats on the Bay of Naples in the foreground.
  • Six pieces of lava from inside the crater of Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mount Vesuvius: interior of the crater showing the little mountain inside it, with spectators. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mount Etna, with Catania below, and St Agatha being tortured with red-hot pincers in the lower margin. Engraving, 16--.
  • Lava, scoriae and pumice from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The Capo dell'Arco promontory on the island of Ventoténe (Ventotiene, ancient Pandatoria), showing strata of tufa and lava. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mount Vesuvius by night, erupting with smoke, fire, and lava, with houses on the Bay of Naples. Etching with engraving by Page.
  • The valley Atrio di Cavallo between Vesuvius and Somma, showing smoke emerging from Vesuvius before eruption. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Two mineral specimens found in the Fossa Grande on Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mont Pelée, Martinique, in eruption, 1929. Halftone after a photograph by Underwood & Underwood.
  • Vitrifications and other volcanic productions. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The Phlegraean plain: birdseye view from the top of the San Nicola mountain. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Lake Avernus (Lago d'Averno) and environs. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption in 1767, from the mole at Naples. Coloured mezzotint by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, 1767.
  • The interior of the crater of Pico de Teide, Tenerife. Etching by P. Parboni after J.G. Gmelin after A. von Humboldt.
  • Mount Vesuvius in winter, covered with snow. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, ca. 1754.