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  • Above, a red-figured Greek wine bowl (krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a seated man holding a dove. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, a black Greek vase (perfume bottle?); below, vessel in the form of an animal. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • 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.
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (bell krater); below, detail of decoration showing a satyr about to pour some wine for a seated man (Dionysus?). Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek cup with horizontal handles (skyphos); below, detail of the decoration showing two men facing each other, one of them holding a walking stick. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • 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.
  • Above, red-figured Greek cup decorated with a naked man; below, red-figured Greek lamp decorated with a stylised leopard and a palm motif. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek storage jar (pelike?); below, detail of the decoration showing a woman conversing with a young man wearing a hat. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine-mixing bowl (bell-krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a woman holding a plate and two youths with walking sticks. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The valley Atrio di Cavallo between Vesuvius and Somma, showing smoke emerging from Vesuvius before eruption. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (column krater); below, detail showing a man with a torch holding the hand of a woman with a basket (of grape ?) on her head and a man with a shield (during a bacchanalia ?). Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Two mineral specimens found in the Fossa Grande on Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • 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.
  • Above, red-figured Greek water jar (hydria) decorated with a palm motif; below, detail of decoration showing two women holding various objects around a stele. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Lake Avernus (Lago d'Averno) and environs. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • A red-figured Greek wine bowl (volute krater) also called "the Hamilton Vase", decorated with figures of men and women around a stele; volutes ornamented with female heads. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption in 1767, from the mole at Naples. Coloured mezzotint by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, 1767.
  • Mount Vesuvius in winter, covered with snow. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, ca. 1754.
  • 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 crater of Astruni: vegetation, the gamekeeper's lodge and a volcanic pool. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The road leading from the Grotto of Posillipo inland to Pianura, showing strata of "rapilli" and other volcanic substances. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine jug (lekythos) decorated with figures and a palm motif; below, detail of the decoration showing a woman holding a casket followed by a winged figure holding a plate, and a seated woman draped below the waist. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • White ground Greek pouring vessel (protocorinthian period ca. 650 B.C.) decorated with foliage and a stylised dog in the black-figure technique. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).