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Mount Vesuvius by night, erupting with smoke, fire, and lava, with houses on the Bay of Naples. Etching with engraving by Page.
Reference: 42973i
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Felicura (Filicudi), one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43749i
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On the effects of volcanic action in the production of epidemic diseases in the animal and in the vegetable creation, and in the production of hurricanes and abnormal atmospheric vicissitudes / by H.J. Johnston-Lavis.
Date: 1914
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A geyser, with a group of spectators, including an artist drawing. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Richter.
Reference: 43899i
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Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43751i
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A current of lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius, 1777. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43753i
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The cone of Mount Vesuvius smoking before the eruption of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43755i
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Panarea, one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43747i
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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the night of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43803i
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The discovery of the temple of Isis at Pompeii, buried under pumice and other volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43680i
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Date: c.1795-1923Reference: MS.7578
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Mont Pelée, Martinique, in eruption, 1929. Halftone after a photograph by Underwood & Underwood.
Underwood & Underwood.Date: 1929Reference: 43929i
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The Pisciarelli (a hot spring) issuing from the cone of the Solfatara, and a man bathing in the hot waters. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43645i
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Lava, scoriae and pumice from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43728i
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On the structure and distribution of coral reefs : also geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle / by Charles Darwin.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.Date: 1890
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An eruption of Mount Etna at night, possibly in 1787. Coloured mezzotint by J.-M. Mixelle after A. d'Anna.
Anna, Alessandro d'Date: [1787?]Reference: 43877i
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Pozzuoli, with Monte Barbaro in the distance, right. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43648i
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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
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Travels in the two Sicilies, and some parts of the Apennines / Translated from the original Italian. Of the Abbé Lazzaro Spallanzani.
Spallanzani, Lazzaro, 1729-1799.Date: 1798
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Mount Vesuvius emitting a column of smoke after its eruption on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1779]Reference: 43804i
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Entrance to the crater of the island of Amsterdam, Indian Ocean. Watercolour by E.H. Locker, 1804.
Locker, Edward Hawke, 1777-1849.Date: 11 October 1804Reference: 43911i
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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.
Date: 1828Reference: 43014i
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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.
Anna, Alessandro d'Reference: 42935i
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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.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43628i
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The cone of Astruni, showing volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
Fabris, Pietro, active 1756-1784.Date: [1776]Reference: 43643i

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Mount Vesuvius by night, erupting with smoke, fire, and lava, with houses on the Bay of Naples. Etching with engraving by Page.

Felicura (Filicudi), one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

On the effects of volcanic action in the production of epidemic diseases in the animal and in the vegetable creation, and in the production of hurricanes and abnormal atmospheric vicissitudes / by H.J. Johnston-Lavis.

A geyser, with a group of spectators, including an artist drawing. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Richter.

Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

A current of lava emerging from Mount Vesuvius, 1777. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

The cone of Mount Vesuvius smoking before the eruption of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

Panarea, one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the night of 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

The discovery of the temple of Isis at Pompeii, buried under pumice and other volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

Miscellany: English, 18th-20th centuries

Mont Pelée, Martinique, in eruption, 1929. Halftone after a photograph by Underwood & Underwood.

The Pisciarelli (a hot spring) issuing from the cone of the Solfatara, and a man bathing in the hot waters. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

Lava, scoriae and pumice from Mount Vesuvius. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

On the structure and distribution of coral reefs : also geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle / by Charles Darwin.

An eruption of Mount Etna at night, possibly in 1787. Coloured mezzotint by J.-M. Mixelle after A. d'Anna.

Pozzuoli, with Monte Barbaro in the distance, right. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

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.

Travels in the two Sicilies, and some parts of the Apennines / Translated from the original Italian. Of the Abbé Lazzaro Spallanzani.

Mount Vesuvius emitting a column of smoke after its eruption on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

Entrance to the crater of the island of Amsterdam, Indian Ocean. Watercolour by E.H. Locker, 1804.

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.

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.

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.

The cone of Astruni, showing volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.