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BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1680-1679). Historia, et Meteorologia incendii Aetnaei anni 1669. Reggio Julio [Regio di Calabria]: Domenico Ferro, 1670.
Small 4° (218 x 160mm.). Half-title, folding engraved plate by Fren. Doria, woodcut illustrations in the text, final errata leaf. (Small wormholes in lower outer margin.) Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Giovanni Rossi (booklabel).
FIRST EDITION of the first work on vulcanology in Italian.
Small 4° (218 x 160mm.). Half-title, folding engraved plate by Fren. Doria, woodcut illustrations in the text, final errata leaf. (Small wormholes in lower outer margin.) Contemporary vellum. Provenance: Giovanni Rossi (booklabel).
FIRST EDITION of the first work on vulcanology in Italian.