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BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679). Historia et Meteorologia incendii Aetnaei anni 1669. Regio di Calabria: Dominici Ferri, 1670.
4o (215 x 153 mm). Engraved folding plate by Fren showing the eruption of Mount Etna, woodcut illustrations in text. (Lacks preliminary χ2.) Contemporary blue stiff wrappers (wear to upper spine end).
FIRST EDITION. "Borelli made an interesting study of a major eruption of Mount Etna in 1669 by observing the phenomenon closely, noting the topography of the mountain and its ejections, and speculating on the sources of the heat that powered the display" (Hoover 149). Graesse I:495; Riccardi I:159.
4o (215 x 153 mm). Engraved folding plate by Fren showing the eruption of Mount Etna, woodcut illustrations in text. (Lacks preliminary χ2.) Contemporary blue stiff wrappers (wear to upper spine end).
FIRST EDITION. "Borelli made an interesting study of a major eruption of Mount Etna in 1669 by observing the phenomenon closely, noting the topography of the mountain and its ejections, and speculating on the sources of the heat that powered the display" (Hoover 149). Graesse I:495; Riccardi I:159.