1741 Mount Vesuvius Serao Castera Volcanoes Volcanology Vesuvio Naples

1741 Mount Vesuvius Serao Castera Volcanoes Volcanology Vesuvio Naples

Louis-Adrien de Castera was a French playwright known for his works of fiction. Curiously in 1741, he published an historical work on the history of Mount Vesuvius. Its publication raised suspicion and, was in fact, someone else’s work. Castera translated Francesco Serao’s book ‘Istoria dell ‘incendio del Vesuvio’ which was published in Naples the year before.

Serao’s work on volcanoes has often been considered one of the best on the subject from the 18^th-century. Castera simply serves a translator and elevated its popularity and fame.

Item number: #4015

Price: $550

SERAO, Francesco

Histoire du Mont Vésuve, avec l’explication des phenomenes qui ont coûtume d’accompagner les embrasements de cette montagne

A Paris : Chez Nyon fils, rue du Hurepois, à l’Occasion, 1741.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [1 blank], xx, [4], 361, [7], [1 blank]
  • Signatures: a⁸ b⁴ A-Gg^8,4 Hh².
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~6.75in X 4in (17cm x 10cm)

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