Campi phlegræi. :. Observations on the volcanoes of the Two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society /. by Sir William Hamilton ... To which, … a new and accurate map is annexed, with 54 plates illuminated from drawings taken and colour’d after nature, under the inspection of the author, by the editor Mr. Peter Fabris. = Observations sur les volcans des Deux Siciles telles qu'elles ont été communiquées à la Societé Royale de Londres par le Chevalier Hamilton ...
Sir William Hamilton KB (1730-1803)
Category
Books
Date
1776
Materials
Place of origin
Naples
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3248961
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., col. plates (1 folded) :. map ;. fol. Bound in one volume with the Supplement (1779); vol. 2 is bound in first; then vol. 1 and finally the Supplement (1779). Price in faint pencil on front flyleaf: 30 - 0 - 0. Provenance: Purchased by Brinsley Ford before 1968 (when loaned to the V&A) and by descent to Augustine Ford. Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Augustine Ford and allocated to the National Trust for Osterley, 2023. Binding: nineteenth-century grained leather over boards on five raised cords with six false raised spine bands; gilt floral and foliage tooling on cover borders and spine, triple gilt fillet on board edges and inner, gilt edges.
Provenance
Purchased by Brinsley Ford before 1968 (when loaned to the V&A) and by descent to Augustine Ford. Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Augustine Ford and allocated to the National Trust for Osterley, 2023.
Makers and roles
Sir William Hamilton KB (1730-1803) Fabris, Peter