An account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1767
Subtitle: in a letter to the Earl of Morton, President of the Royal Society
By: from the honourable William Hamilton, His Majesty's envoy extraordinary at Naples
Contributors: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher: Royal Society
Published: 1768
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Eruption, 1767; Volcanoes
Other titles: Philosophical transactions, giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world. Vol. 58.
Notes: Caption title.

Signatures: B⁴ C⁴(-C4).

Extracted from Philosophical transactions, vol. LVIII.

"Read Feb. 11, 1768."

Illustrated with an aquatint plate of Vesuvius, and an etching depicting the various stages of the eruption.

Sloan candidate lp Tier 1

Bound in modern boards; newspaper article on Lady Hamilton tipped-in on front pastedown.