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[Campi Phlegraei] XXXX [View of a hollow road leading from the Grotta of Pausilipo.]
[after Pietro Fabris.]
[Naples, 1776-9.]
Etching with superb hand colour. 215 x 395mm (8 x 15"), with grey washed margins, as issued, very large margins
A view of a sunken road, the sides showing the volcanic strata. A plate from Hamilton's famous work on Italian volcanos, the 'Campi Phlegraei'. Hamilton was 'Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies' in Naples from 1764 until 1800, during which time he published books on his two favourite subjects, classical vases and vulcanology. He and Fabris visited both Etna and Vesuvius, often risking their lives to record volcanic events. The resulting book of 1776, the rare 'Campi Phlegraei', with a supplement of 1779, is regarded as one of the best colour-plate books of the 18th century.
[Ref: 67563] £680.00
[Naples, 1776-9.]
Etching with superb hand colour. 215 x 395mm (8 x 15"), with grey washed margins, as issued, very large margins
A view of a sunken road, the sides showing the volcanic strata. A plate from Hamilton's famous work on Italian volcanos, the 'Campi Phlegraei'. Hamilton was 'Envoy Extraordinary to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies' in Naples from 1764 until 1800, during which time he published books on his two favourite subjects, classical vases and vulcanology. He and Fabris visited both Etna and Vesuvius, often risking their lives to record volcanic events. The resulting book of 1776, the rare 'Campi Phlegraei', with a supplement of 1779, is regarded as one of the best colour-plate books of the 18th century.
[Ref: 67563] £680.00