BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679). Historia et Meteorologia incendii Aetnaei anni 1669, Reggio di Calabria: Domenico Ferro, 1670, small 4°, FIRST EDITION, folding engraved plate by Fren showing the eruption of Etna, woodcut illustrations, contemporary stiff wrappers (small library stamp on upper cover). [Rizzo, Bibliotheca Herbert Clark Hoover, 149; Riccardi I, 159.10/1] Provenance: JCL

细节

BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679). Historia et Meteorologia incendii Aetnaei anni 1669, Reggio di Calabria: Domenico Ferro, 1670, small 4°, FIRST EDITION, folding engraved plate by Fren showing the eruption of Etna, woodcut illustrations, contemporary stiff wrappers (small library stamp on upper cover). [Rizzo, Bibliotheca Herbert Clark Hoover, 149; Riccardi I, 159.10/1] Provenance: JCL

拍品专文

"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).