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View of eruption of Mount Vesuvius which began the 23.d of December 1760... | Interior View of teh Crater of Mount Vesuvius

Lot of two prints from Sir William Hamilton’s Campi phlegræi. Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies, plates X and XII.
Hand-coloured etching, approx. 235 × 425 mm.

Fine examples with contemporary hand-colouring. Each with passe-partout, wooden frame and glazing (40 × 59 × 2 cm). A reference explanatory plate from the same volume is mounted on the reverse of one of the examples. In very good overall condition.

Included:
Title page from the same volume, framed.
€ 1.000,00 / 1.500,00
Estimate
€ 800,00
Starting price
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