TORRE Gio. Maria della Storia e fenomeni del Vesuvio.

Poggendorff, II, 1118; cf. Hoover, 792-93.

First edition.

Della Torre (1712-1782) was a professor of physics at the University of Naples and a corresponding member to the French Academy of Sciences. A member of other scientific academies Della Torre’s research on microscopes improved its performance. In this book he describes several eruptions of Vesuvius occurring between 1751 and 1754. The fine plates are engraved by Giuseppe Aloja and show the Vesuvius from various angles and illustrate the lava flow.

Some occasional foxing, else a fine and broad margined copy.