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Geology - Hamilton, William. Recent observations on the volcanoes of Italy and the Rhine in letters together with curious remarks by Abbot Giraud Soulavie. Translated from the French for the first time by G. A. R. With 1 folded copper map. Frankfurt and Leipzig, Weigel and Schneider, 1784. XVI, 214 p., 4 pp. 20 x 11.5 cm. Spotted leather binding of the period with gilt-stamped spine label and floral gilt to spine (spine and edges rubbed). First German edition. - Schuh, Bio-Bibliography, Hamilton 9 - Contains three extensive letters from the author of "Campi Phlegraei" to John Pringle (2) and Joseph Banks ("Description of the Vesuvian Fire of August 1779"). The majority of the volume consists of additions by the geologist and historian Jean-Louis Giraud-Soulavie. - Modern bookplate, fresh copy. VAT: *
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Geology - Hamilton, William. Recent observations on the volcanoes of Italy and the Rhine in letters together with curious remarks by Abbot Giraud Soulavie. Translated from the French for the first time by G. A. R. With 1 folded copper map. Frankfurt and Leipzig, Weigel and Schneider, 1784. XVI, 214 p., 4 pp. 20 x 11.5 cm. Spotted leather binding of the period with gilt-stamped spine label and floral gilt to spine (spine and edges rubbed). First German edition. - Schuh, Bio-Bibliography, Hamilton 9 - Contains three extensive letters from the author of "Campi Phlegraei" to John Pringle (2) and Joseph Banks ("Description of the Vesuvian Fire of August 1779"). The majority of the volume consists of additions by the geologist and historian Jean-Louis Giraud-Soulavie. - Modern bookplate, fresh copy. VAT: *
