Plate XXI: View of the hot spring called, the Pisciarelli
Plate XXI: View of the hot spring called, the Pisciarelli, issuing from a part of the cone of the Solfaterra. by Pietro Fabris (fl 1740-1792). The source of this plate, Campi Phlegraei, is a first hand account of the eruptions witnessed by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), British envoy to Naples between 1764-1767. Originally published in three volumes (1776-1779), the title took its name from the area around Naples popularly referred to as Campi Phlegraei or flaming fields, owing to the frequent and violent eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. Hand coloured etching
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