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Catalogo delle materie appartenenti al Vesuvio contenute nel Museo con alcune brevi osservazioni opera del celebre autore de' Dialoghi sul commercio de' grani.
Galiani, Ferdinando, 1728-1787.Date: 1772- Books
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Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: in a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society / from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton ... ; to which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.Date: 1773- Pictures
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A man in Naples has set up a stall under an awning and he is selling macaroni to families and travellers. Coloured lithograph.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 30336i- Books
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].
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680.Date: M. DC. LXI [1661]- Pictures
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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.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43677i- Pictures
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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.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 30250i- Pictures
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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.
Eichler, Gottfried, 1715-1770.Date: [between 1758 and 1760?]Reference: 92i- Books
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Memoirs concerning Herculaneum, the subterranean city, lately discovered at the foot of mount Vesuvius, Giving A particular Account of the most remarkable Buildings, Statues, Paintings, Medals, and other Curiosities found there to the present Time. Translated from the Italian of a memorial drawn up by the Secretary of the Marquis D'Hospital Ambassador from France to the Court of his Sicilian Majesty at Naples. And illustrated with notes, by William Fordyce, M. A. To which are added An Extract from Xiphilinus's Epitome of Dion and Pliny the younger's Two Letters, giving an Account of the Overthrow of this City, and the Eruption of Vesuvius that occasioned it.
Date: MDCCL. [1750]- Pictures
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Benjamin Moseley. Stipple engraving by Marie-Anne Bourlier after R.M. Paye.
Paye, Richard Morton, 1750-1821.Reference: 7060i- Books
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Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: In a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society, from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton, K.B. F.R.S. His Majesty's envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples. To which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished.
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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Critical account of the situation and destruction by the first eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia; the late discovery of their remains; the subterraneous works carried on in them; and the books, domestick utensils, and other remarkable Greek and Roman antiquities thereby happily recovered; the form and connection of the ancient characters being faithfully preserved, in a letter, (originally in German) to Count Bruhl, of Saxony, from the celebrated Abbé Winckelman, antiquarian to the Pope, who was unfortunately murdered at Trieste. Illustrated with notes, taken from the French translation.
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Pictures
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The city and bay of Naples from the land. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43624i- Books
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Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum, discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients. And a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples. By Mr. Cochin the younger, engraver, and Mr. Bellicard, architect. Enriched with forty-two plates, designed and engraved by Mr. Bellicard.
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.Date: MDCCLVI. [1756]- Pictures
Felicura (Filicudi), one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43749i- Pictures
Panarea, one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43747i- Pictures
Salina (Saline), one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43748i- Pictures
Vulcano, one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43732i- Pictures
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An eruption of Mount Etna at night; people in a boat in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by F. Weber after A. d'Anna.
Anna, Alessandro d', active approximately 1765.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 575702i- Books
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Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum, discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. With some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients. And a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples. By Mr. Bellicard, architect, member of the Academies of Bologna and Florence. Enriched with forty-two plates, designed and engraved by the author.
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]