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NAPOLI 2500: History of a city and its territory

Monday 29 September 2025, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Vesuvio - Scienza - Geologia - Gioeni, Giuseppe

An essay on Vesuvian lithology. Dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen of the Two Sicilies., 1790

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Naples, Simoniana printing house, 1790. 8vo. Title within a double-lined editorial frame, with 19 folded copperplate plates at the end of the volume, slight foxing, slightly later half-leather and marbled paper binding, gilt author and title on the spine, minor defects. Bookplate by Carmelo Sciuto Patti, famous engineer, architect, and geologist (Catania 1829-1898), at the end of the book.

Specialist Notes

First edition of this rigorous study of the geology and lithology of Vesuvius. This first part of the work covers three levels of analysis: the origin of Vesuvius, the origin of its constituent materials, and their chemical and mineralogical characteristics. Fera-Morlicchio, 1784; Ward-Carozzi, 916; Poggendorff, I, 901.

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