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  • 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.
  • Stones or crystals from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by Fr. Weber after A. d'Anna.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; people watching the eruption in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by F. Weber after A. d'Anna.
  • 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.
  • 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].
  • 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.
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, with smoke, fire and lava, over the Bay of Naples. Gouache, 1810.
  • Mount Vesuvius: a building at Ottajano destroyed by lava, 29 August 1834. Lithograph by F. Wenzel after H. Oates, 1834.
  • Mount Vesuvius: interior of the crater showing the flow of lava in an eruption. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, 1756.
  • 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.
  • Molo Beverello, Naples, with Mount Vesuvius in the background. Gouache painting, 18--.
  • The bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius erupting and covered in snow, 6 January 1836. Gouache painting by Mauton, 1836.
  • 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.
  • Lava, scoriae and pumice from Mount Vesuvius. 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.
  • The Phlegraean plain: birdseye view from the top of the San Nicola mountain. 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.
  • Mount Vesuvius in winter, covered with snow. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776, after his painting, ca. 1754.