28th Apr, 2022 10:00

Fine Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 211
 

Vesuvius.- Hamilton (William)

Vesuvius.- Hamilton (William)

An Account of the late Eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In a Letter from the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, K.B.F.R.S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, P.R.S. [extracted from Philosophical Transactions, vol. 85], 44 pp., 7 folding plates, including 2 in colour, staining and spotting to plates, modern quarter calf gilt, 1795; Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos, first edition, 5 engraved plates, lacking pp. 167-170 and folding map (provided in facsimile), staining, loose in later paper-covered boards, printed for T. Cadell, 1772; v.s. (2)

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