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1. 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, K.B. F.R.S., His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples ; to which, in order to convey the most precise idea of each remark, a new and accurate map is annexed, with 54 plates illuminated from drawings taken and colour'd after nature, under inspection of the author, by the editor, Mr. Peter Fabris = Observations sur les volcans des Deux Siciles, telles qu' elles ont été communiquées à la Société royale de Londres / par le chevalier Hamilton ... auxquelles pour donner une idée plus précise de chaque observation, on a ajouté une carte nouvelle & très exacte avec 54 planches enluminées d'après les desseins faits & coloriés sur la nature même, sous l'inspection de l'auteur, par l'éditeur le sieur Pierre Fabris.

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, K.B. F.R.S., His Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples ; to which, in order to convey the most precise idea of each remark, a new and accurate map is annexed, with 54 plates illuminated from drawings taken and colour'd after nature, under inspection of the author, by the editor, Mr. Peter Fabris = Observations sur les volcans des Deux Siciles, telles qu' elles ont été communiquées à la Société royale de Londres / par le chevalier Hamilton ... auxquelles pour donner une idée plus précise de chaque observation, on a ajouté une carte nouvelle & très exacte avec 54 planches enluminées d'après les desseins faits & coloriés sur la nature même, sous l'inspection de l'auteur, par l'éditeur le sieur Pierre Fabris.
Creator:
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730–1803
Date:
MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : color illustrations (engravings), 1 color map (engraving) ; 47 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A dissertation upon the surface of the earth as delineated in a specimen of a philosophico-chorographical chart of East-Kent : herewith humbly presented to, and read before the Royal Society, Nov. 25, 1736 : in a letter to Cromwel Mortimer ... / by Christopher Packe ...

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Creator:
Packe, Christopher, 1686–1749
Date:
1737
Physical Description:
18 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The account of a trigonometrical survey carried on in the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794 : by order of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, late Master General of the Ordnance / by Lieut. Col. Edward Williams, and Capt. William Mudge ..., and Mr. Isaac Dalby ... ; communicated by the Duke of Richmond ...

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Creator:
Williams, Edward, d. 1798
Date:
1795]
Physical Description:
p. 414-591, [4] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts