MOUNT VESUVIUS. A Descriptive, Historical, and Geological Account of the Volcano and Its Surroundings.
London: Roper and Drowley, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good condition. Item #019727
400 pages of text including an index. Original red cloth binding with moderate sunning to the spine and moderate shelfwear and soiling; front cover decorated with a gilt vignette of an erupting Vesuvius above the Bay of Naples on the front cover. Illustrated with 20 plates and maps, of which one is in color. Minor foxing scattered throughout text. Preceded by the 55 page work on the same topic by Professor Lobley published in 1868, this is a much expanded and new work which includes details on the eruption of 1872. First edition.
Price: $150.00
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