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BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679). Historia, et Meteorologia incendii Aetnaei anni 1669. Reggio Calabria: Domenico Ferro, 1670. Small 4° (223 x 160mm). Half-title, folding engraved plate by Doria, woodcut illustrations in the text, final errata leaf. (Occasional light browning and spotting.) Contemporary vellum (three horizontal cracks to spine, boards a little warped).
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BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679). Historia, et Meteorologia incendii Aetnaei anni 1669. Reggio Calabria: Domenico Ferro, 1670. Small 4° (223 x 160mm). Half-title, folding engraved plate by Doria, woodcut illustrations in the text, final errata leaf. (Occasional light browning and spotting.) Contemporary vellum (three horizontal cracks to spine, boards a little warped).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WORK ON VULCANOLOGY IN ITALIAN. The work was inspired by the massive eruption of Etna in 1669. Borelli observed 'the topography of the mountain, the locations of the flows, and the nature of the various materials ejected' (DSB II-311). This data is given visual form by the fine plate at the beginning of the volume. He also gave some consideration to the cause of the eruption; in so doing, he disagreed with Athanasius Kircher's theory, developed in the Mundus subterraneus (1664), that the earth contains hollow repositories of lava. Borelli also took the opportunity to add a further response to criticism of his De vi percussionis, in the Responsio ad censuras Honorati Fabri, appended to this volume. Riccardi I 159.
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WORK ON VULCANOLOGY IN ITALIAN. The work was inspired by the massive eruption of Etna in 1669. Borelli observed 'the topography of the mountain, the locations of the flows, and the nature of the various materials ejected' (DSB II-311). This data is given visual form by the fine plate at the beginning of the volume. He also gave some consideration to the cause of the eruption; in so doing, he disagreed with Athanasius Kircher's theory, developed in the Mundus subterraneus (1664), that the earth contains hollow repositories of lava. Borelli also took the opportunity to add a further response to criticism of his De vi percussionis, in the Responsio ad censuras Honorati Fabri, appended to this volume. Riccardi I 159.