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  • "Vulcan's cave" on the Solfatara, near Naples, showing volcanic gases and the processing of alum. Etching by Bénard after Delarue.
  • A mine: cross-sections of the galleries. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • Mount Vesuvius in quiescence by night, 1757, with the Bay of Naples and fishermen. Etching by R. Benard after Delarue.
  • A mine: cross-sections. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • Staking out and digging a mine. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • A mine: cross-sections of the galleries and miners are digging. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting dramatically in 1754, with three spectators looking on. Etching by R. Benard after Delarue.
  • A mine: cross-sections and surrounding land. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • An explosion in a mine: cross-sections. Etching by Bénard after De La Rue.
  • The professed cook: or, the modern art of cookery, pastry, and confectionary, made plain and easy. Consisting of the most approved methods in the French as well as English cookery. In which the French names of all the different dishes are given and explained, whereby every bill of fare becomes intelligible and familiar. Containing I. Of soups, gravy, cullis and broths ... XXII. Ratafias, and other cordials, &c. Including a translation of Les soupers de la cour [by Menon]; with the addition of the best receipts which have ever appeared in the French or English languages, and adapted to the London markets / [B Clermont].
  • A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face in the background. Mezzotint by Jan van der Bruggen after D. Teniers II, 167-.