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Litologia - Gioeni, Giuseppe

Vesuvian lithology essay. Dedicated to S. M. the Queen of the Two Sicilies, 1790

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Naples, Simoniana printing house, 1790. In 8 °. Title within editorial frame with double fillet, reddening scattered on various papers, parchment binding of the time, black leather gusset on the back with author and title in gold, slight defects. On the counterplate two different x libris.

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First edition of this rigorous study of the geology and lithology of Vesuvius. There are three levels of analysis of this first part of the work: origin of Vesuvius, origin of the materials that constitute it, chemical-mineralogical characteristics of these. Fera-Morlicchio, 1784; Ward-Carozzi, 916; Poggendorff, I, 901.