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  • Various ammonite fossils illustrating Hooke's discourse of Earthquakes.
  • A procession of the Lord of Earthquakes at Cuzco, Peru. Wood engraving by J. Huyot after Ed. Riou.
  • Saint Alexius (Alexis) intercedes before the Virgin for protection against earthquakes. Etching, 17--.
  • Saint Francis Borgia interceding against earthquakes; cherubim and the Eucharist above. Mezzotint, 17--.
  • Saint Alexius as protector against earthquakes. Coloured engraving by J. and J. Klauber after J.B Baumgartner.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, an unidentified saint and Saint Roch, as protectors against earthquakes. Engraving.
  • Buffon's Natural history, abridged. Including the history of the elements, the earth, mountains, rivers, seas, winds, whirlwinds, waterspouts, volcanoes, earthquakes, man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, shell-fish, lizards, serpents, insects, and vegetables / [George Louis Leclerc Buffon].
  • Buffon's Natural history, abridged. Including the history of the elements, the earth, mountains, rivers, seas, winds, whirlwinds, waterspouts, volcanoes, earthquakes, man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, shell-fish, lizards, serpents, insects, and vegetables / [George Louis Leclerc Buffon].
  • Buffon's Natural history, abridged. Including the history of the elements, the earth, mountains, rivers, seas, winds, whirlwinds, waterspouts, volcanoes, earthquakes, man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, shell-fish, lizards, serpents, insects, and vegetables / [George Louis Leclerc Buffon].
  • Zante, Greece, the new quay after earthquake of 1953
  • Messina, Sicily, Italy: ruins after an earthquake. Coloured aquatint, 1812.
  • A city devastated by an earthquake or a fire. Etching, 17--.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1833?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1833?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1833?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1833?].
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1832?].
  • Messina: ruins of the city after an earthquake. Coloured aquatint, 1809, after L. Mayer.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including fire, earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1835?].
  • Earthquake damage to fortifications, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including cholera [?], earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1836?].
  • Zante, new town rebuilt after the earthquake of 1953. From a postcard (Dr. O'Malley).
  • Zammarò, Calabria: sappers removing bodies from dwellings destroyed in an earthquake. Drawing by A. Bianchini, 1905.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a tombstone, an earthquake, and riotous assembly. Coloured lithograph, [c.1826?].
  • Earthquake damage to fortifications, with trees, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.
  • Earthquake damage to fortifications, with waterway, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.
  • Earthquake damage to fortifications, with snow-covered mountains, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.
  • Earthquake damage to fortifications, seen from the west, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.
  • Earthquake damage to fortifications, with three figures in the foreground, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.
  • Monteleone di Calabria: an encampment made by people whose dwellings have been destroyed in an earthquake. Drawing by A. Bianchini, 1905.