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Histoire du Mont Vésuve - Castera - 1741

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Histoire du Mont Vésuve, avec l’explication des phénomènes qui ont coutume d’accompagner les embrasements de cette montagne.

In Paris, at Nyon, 1741

In 12 in marbled calf, smooth back ornate (hook to a headdress)

First edition of the French illustrated with a table and 2 folding plates out of text.

The authorship of this text goes to Francesco Serao, professor of medicine at the University of Naples, who had written a book on the fire of Vesuvius in 1737.