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Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Gouache, 1828.

Mount Hekla, Iceland, seen from the sea. Etching.

The eruption of Mount Etna in 1669. Etching.

Campi Phlegraei. Observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London / by Sir William Hamilton... with 54 plates ... from drawings taken ... by the editor, Mr. P. Fabris.--Observations sur les volcans des deux Siciles, etc.

Lava, scoriae and vitrified matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

The Jorullo volcano, Mexico. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1820.

Geology: the ages of the Earth and details of types of stone. Coloured lithograph by Bethmont, 1911, after himself.

"Vulcan's cave" on the Solfatara, near Naples, showing volcanic gases and the processing of alum. Etching by Bénard after Delarue.

Entrance to the crater of the island of Amsterdam, Indian Ocean. Watercolour by E.H. Locker, 1804.

The outside of part of the cone of Solfatara showing lavas of different tints (yellow and grey). Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

Mount Vesuvius by night, erupting with smoke, fire, and lava, with houses on the Bay of Naples. Etching with engraving by Page.

Felicura (Filicudi), one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

On the effects of volcanic action in the production of epidemic diseases in the animal and in the vegetable creation, and in the production of hurricanes and abnormal atmospheric vicissitudes / by H.J. Johnston-Lavis.

A geyser, with a group of spectators, including an artist drawing. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Richter.

Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.

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Mount Vesuvius by night, erupting with smoke, fire, and lava, with houses on the Bay of Naples. Etching with engraving by Page.

Felicura (Filicudi), one of the Lipari islands. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.

On the effects of volcanic action in the production of epidemic diseases in the animal and in the vegetable creation, and in the production of hurricanes and abnormal atmospheric vicissitudes / by H.J. Johnston-Lavis.

A geyser, with a group of spectators, including an artist drawing. Coloured aquatint by J.C. Richter.

Mount Vesuvius in eruption, 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.