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  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Gouache, 1828.
  • Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; lava covering dwellings. Gouache painting by Mauton, 1834.
  • 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.
  • Lava, scoriae and vitrified matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; boat and two men in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by J.W. Edy after J. More, 1800.
  • Family groups and travellers in Naples buy water from a water seller at a stand on the street corner. Coloured lithograph by Gatti and Dura.
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Painting in gouache, 1829.
  • Polished schists of marble and other mixed stones from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Figures representing the investigation of nature; in the background, Pliny the elder being killed while investigating Vesuvius during its eruption. Engraving by J. Wangner after G. Eichler the younger, ca. 1759.
  • Mount Vesuvius emitting a column of smoke after its eruption on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
  • Istoria dell'incendio del Vesuvio, accaduto nel mese di Maggio del' anno MDCCXXXVII. Scritta per l'Accademia delle scienze / [By F.S].
  • Little mountains raised in 1760 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, inland and offshore. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Iesv. Diatribe. De prodigiosis crucibus, quae tam supra vestes hominum, quam res alias, non pridem post vltimum incendium Vesuuij montis Neapoli comparuerunt / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • The blessed Francesco Saverio Maria Bianchi blesses poor and sick people; his goodness arrests the eruption of Vesuvius. Process print.
  • Mount Vesuvius: the ancient crater and the changing shape of the little mountain within it between 8 and 29 July 1767. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Istoria dell'incendio del Vesuvio, accaduto nel mese di Maggio del' anno MDCCXXXVII. Scritta per l'Accademia delle scienze / [By F.S].
  • The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the night of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
  • The dockside in Naples: a man is cooking snails in a pot over an open fire, while another man reads aloud from a book by Ariosto. Watercolour painting.
  • 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.
  • Lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius at night and running towards Resina, 11 May 1771. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after a drawing made by him in 1771.
  • Mount Vesuvius in quiescence by night, 1757, with the Bay of Naples and fishermen. Etching by R. Benard after Delarue.
  • A quarry from which stones were cut to make the pavements of Naples, showing strata of lava from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Iesv. Diatribe. De prodigiosis crucibus, quae tam supra vestes hominum, quam res alias, non pridem post vltimum incendium Vesuuij montis Neapoli comparuerunt / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting at night, billowing clouds and flashes of lightning, and with many spectators viewing the event across the bay of Naples. Coloured mezzotint with etching by J.M. Mixelle after A. d'Anna.
  • Tufa at the bottom of the crater of Monte Nuovo near Pozzuoli, formed in a volcanic eruption in 1538. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The island of Ischia seen from the sea, showing volcanic features. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting violently at night over the bay of Naples, with two spectators and a guard on watch from the castle in the foreground. Gouache painting.
  • Mount Vesuvius erupting: view from the south, with surrounding countryside and coastline. Coloured etching by F. Morghen, 1752, after F. Geri, 1752.
  • Entrance of the grotto at Posillipo, called Piedigrotta, reputed to be Virgil's tomb. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Mount Vesuvius: a volcanic eruption at the foot of the mountain, 1760-1761, causing the destruction of the land and property. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his drawing, 1760-1761.