desimonewayland: Giovanni Maria Della Torre (1710-1782). Storia e fenomeni del Vesuvio. Naples: Gius

desimonewayland:

Giovanni Maria Della Torre (1710-1782). Storia e fenomeni del Vesuvio. Naples: Giuseppe Raimondi, 1755.

Illustrated study of the volcanic activity of Mount Vesuvius by the Italian naturalist and philosopher Della Torre who, beside achieving important progress in the construction of microscopes, served as librarian to the King of Sicily and was one of the founding members of the Royal Society for the Study of Herculaneum.

Scientific Books from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune / Christie’s