L’Osservatorio Geodinamico nel Seminario di Aquila. Discorsi recitati nella solenne inaugurazione del dì 16 Marzo 1884 Aquila Bernardino Vecchioni 1884 240x168 mm. viii, 59 p. Original printed wrappers. Spine rather frayed, upper cover and first leaves a bit loose. A very good, unopened copy. On upper cover the inked number ‚74’. The main lecture was held by Raffaele Maccallini, the first director of the Geodynamic Observatory at the Seminary of L’Aquila. € 60
Sulla esplosione eccentrica dell’Etna avvenuta il 22 Marzo 1883, e sul contemporaneo parossismo geodinamico-eruttivo. Saggio di nuovi studi (che comprende tutti i fenomeni vulcanici presentati dall’Etna dal 1. Gennaio 1880 al 1. Gennaio 1884)… Catania Tipografia C. Galatola 1884 300x204 mm. [4], 195 pp. Four heliogravures, by S. Speciale, three folding lithographic plates, one litographic topographical map of Etna, after Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen, reduced and updated by Silvestri himself (slightly browning to margins). Numerous diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers. Title on spine, somewhat frayed. A few staining on both covers. An excellent copy. Some... € 235
Saggio di topografie geodinamiche italiane durante il periodo dei terremoti di Spagna… Rome Tipografia della Pace di Filippo Cuggiani 1885 235x155 mm. 16 pp. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy, unopened. A minor loss to the upper margin of the first leaf. € 40
Sur les tremblements de terre du midi Espagne. Paris Gauthier-Villars 1885 275x219 mm. 4 pp. Contemporary wrappers. An excellent copy, slightly marginal spotting, mainly marginal. Brief memoir on the strong earthquake occurred on 25 December 1884 in Southern Spain, on the basis of a letter sent to the Institut de France from Seville, by the French geologist Noguès. Offprint from: Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Sciences, 5 January 1885 € 55
Le case che si sfasciano ed i terremoti. Florence Uffizio della Rassegna Nazionale 1885 230x156 mm. 12 pp. Original printed wrappers, upper cover somewhat discolored. A very good copy, leaves light toned. On upper cover, ‘Omaggio dell’A.’. Mercalli’s observations about ante-seismic constructions, after the catastrophic earthquake of Ischia. Offprint from: Rassegna Nazionale, xxi (1885). € 90
I terremoti. Naples E. Pietrocola 1885 153x100 mm. 30 pp. Original printed wrappers, one vignette on upper cover. Unopened copy, rather browned. The rare issue no. 17 of the educational series Biblioteca Popolare (People’s Library), each copy sold for 5 cents. € 35
Sur les rapports qui existent entre les tremblements de terre et les coups de grisou dans les mines. Saint-Etienne imp. Théolier et Cie 1885 232x145 mm. 7 pp., including the printed front cover. Two diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers, slightly browning. A very good copy. On front cover, autograph dedication ‘hommage de l’auteur M. Walton Brown June 1885’. On inner upper corner the numbers ‘867’ and ‘116’. Contemporary marginal notes on p. 5. By Walton-Brown, engineer at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Offprint from: Comptes-rendus... € 70
Annuario Meteorologico Italiano pubblicato per cura del Comitato Direttivo della Società Meteorologica Italiana. Anno i. 1886 Turin, Rome and Florence Ermanno Loescher 1886 160x108 mm. vi, [2], 215, [1] pp. Four lithographic maps, on two leaves, one double-page map (Saggio di Carta geodinamica 1 Marzo 1885), one folding lithographic map of the Andalusia area hit by earthquake on 25 December 1884. Original wrappers, with title printed in red and black. On lower cover a vignette showing the seat of the Observatory of the Società Meteorologica Italiana, at Turin. A... € 55
Per l’Osservatorio geodinamico di Catania. Risposta… al Ch. Prof. Timoteo Bertelli. Palermo Lorsnaider 1886 220x146 mm. 4 pp. Contemporary wrappers. A very good copy, last page toned. Inscribed by the author on the upper margin of the first page ’All’Illustre Sig.e Prof.e F. Gateo O. di G. d. Lisa’. Reply to Bertelli’s observations on De Lisa’s polemical papers on the Catania observatory. € 35
La causa principale dei terremoti e di altre perturbazioni della natura… Continuazione delle Macchie solari dello stesso autore. Porto Maurizio Tipografia Nazionale Leonardo Demaurizj 1887 214x138 mm. [4], 36 p. Original printed wrappers, on lower cover is printed a list of Bossi’s works, many of them published in Spanish. A very small stain on lower margin of upper cover. A very good, unopened copy. Leaves toned, a minor staining, soiled the outer blank margin of pp. 16-17. Inserted at beginning a bifolium, on recto of the first leaf reader’s advice, on recto of the second leaf,... € 125
Analisi dei principali terremoti avvenuti dal Luglio 1880 al Giugno 1881. Memoria… Rome Tipografia delle Scienze Matematiche e Fisiche 1887 300x224 mm. 54 pp. Diagrams in text. Original printed wrappers, partly detached the upper cover. A very good, unopened copy. Offprint from: Atti dell’Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei, xxxix (1886). € 90
Applicazione delle aste vibranti od oscillanti alle osservazioni dei moti sismici. Memoria… Rome Tipografia della Pace 1887 287x197 mm. 26 pp., numbered [173]-198. Contemporary wrappers, slightly faded to sides. A very good copy, unopened. First page rather toned. On the top of the first page a note by a contemporary hand, ‘Estratto Memorie Accad. Pontif. Nuovi Lincei vol. iii’. An important contribute to the seismology as an instrumental science. “In 1888 Giovanni Egidi […] installed the first of these instruments in... € 125
Commemorazione del P. Filippo Cecchi delle Scuole Pie. Detta nella seduta pubblica del 6 settembre 1887 all’Adunanza sismologica in Aquila… Aquila Tipografia della Curia Arcivescovile 1887 240x157 mm. 11 pp. Original printed wrappers, light marginal browning. A very good copy. Lecture in commemoration of Filippo Cecchi, director from 1872 to his death in 1877 of the famous Osservatorio Ximeniano in Florence. € 35
Appendice e note al Catalogo dei terremoti veronesi… Memoria letta nella tornata del 28 aprile 1887 Verona Stab. Tipo-Litografico Franchini 1887 236x160 mm. 27 pp. Original printed wrappers, light discolored, a short tear to lower cover. A very good copy, slightly and occasional spotting, mainly marginal. An insignificant loss to the lower margin of the last two leaves. On upper cover autograph dedication to Michele Stefano De Rossi (’Al Sig.r Cav.re Prof. Michele Stefano De Rossi Direttore dell’Osservatorio Geodinamico Roma Ricordo di A.... € 90
Sur le tremblement de terre de la Ligurie… Paris Gauthier-Villars 1887 268x212 mm. 3 pp. Original wrappers. A very good copy, upper and outer blank margins of the first page somewhat browned. A short tear to the lower blank margin. On the upper side of front cover the manuscript note ‘Offerto dall’Autore’; on centre of cover blue-pencilled author’s name. A short communication on the Ligury earthquake send from Porto Maurizio on 7 March 1887. Offprint from: Comptes... € 40
Perturbazione elettrica foriera del terremoto Florence Tip. dell’Arte della Stampa 1887]. 240x161 mm. 7 pp. Original printed wrappers, rather browned. To the lower cover some soiling along fold. A very good copy. On upper cover the stamped shelfmark ‘Sc. Esatte in 8° Nr. 461’, and ‘L’a.’. On lower cover manuscript address ‘Ch.mo Prof. Comm. Michele Stefano De Rossi Direttore dell’Osservatorio Geodinamico Roma’, probably by Luvini’s hand, and remains of the postal stamp (light... € 40
Le tremblement de terre du 23 février 1887 en Italie. Bruxelles Polleunis, Ceuterick et Lefébure Juin 1887 243x159 mm. 4 pp. Original printed wrappers, a few light stains. Inscribed by the author. Short report on this earthquake occurred in Northern Italy, written by the distinguished professor of geology and paleontology at Turin. Offprint from: Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie, de Paléontologie et d’Hydrologie, i (1887). € 40
I terremoti. Ricerche sulle cause che li producono… Prato Tipografia Giachetti, figlio e C. 1887 234x160 mm. 206, [2] pp. On p. 66 illustration depicting the ‘avvertitore sismico’ invented by the author himself. Original printed wrappers, on rear cover the price ‘Prezzo: L. 3’. Both covers rather spotted, a few small stains. Longitudinal title printed on spine. A very good copy, spotting on margins of scattered leaves. Written by the Jesuit from Turin after the violent earthquake that on 23... € 125
Le commozioni telluriche e il Terremoto del 23 Febbraio 1887… con note sul Terremoto del 23 Febbraio 1887, sull’Edilizia sismologica, ecc… Turin Tipografia L. Roux e C. 1887 223x140 mm. 116 pp. One double-page chromolithographic map of Northern Italy (Carta geognostica dell’Alta Italia. Terremoto del 23 febbraio 1887); one double-page lithographic map, showing Carta della frequenza dei terremoti in Italia dal 1600 ad oggi (a bit spotted). Original printed wrappers, on rear cover printed price ’Prezzo Lire Due’. Covers somewhat spotted and browned. A very good copy,... € 125
Tellurico bacio e danza. La Terra a cui vien la gobba. Ragionamento sui terremoti… dedicato alla Reale e Nazionale Società ed Accademia di medicina Veterinaria… Torino Tip. E Lit. Camilla e Bertolero 1887 340x253 mm. 12 ll., printed only on recto. printed in white on black strong paper. Original printed and illustrated wrappers. On front wrap two colored figures, depicting the ‘normal state ‘ and the ‘pathological state’ of Earth. The same images reproduced on title. A full-page lithographic illustration on l. 3, showing a destroyed building in Taggia (Ligury). Spine light frayed, and repaired;... € 580
Osservazioni fatte in occasione di una escursione sulla Riviera Ligure di Ponente dopo i terremoti ivi seguiti in questo anno. Roma 1888 288x195 mm. 25 pp., numbered [129]-153. Contemporary wrappers, with title in manuscript on front cover; slightly soiling. An excellent, unopened copy. On top of the first page, a note by a contemporary hand ‘Estratto: Memorie Accad. Pontif. Dei Nuovi Lincei vol. iii Roma 1888’. Written from the Collegio alle Querce at Florence, on 22 November 1887. Offprint from: Memorie dell’Accademia Pontificia... € 55
. Sismoscopi, avvisatori sismici. Memoria… Rome Tipografia Metastasio 1888 333x230 mm. 13 pp. One lithographic plate, depicting Brassart’ seismoscope. Original printed wrappers, slightly discolored the lower side of the front cover. A very good copy, unopened. Leaves somewhat toned. Brassart, engineer at the Ufficio Centrale di Meteorologia e Geodinamica, developed a new measure device (sismoscopio a verghetta), known today as Brassart seismoscope. Offprint from: Annali... € 70
Sulla forma vibratoria del moto sismico. Memoria… Rome Tipografia della Pace 1888 291x205 mm. 143 pp. (misnumbered 141). Original printed wrappers, both covers a bit browned and spotted, rear cover almost detached, and rather damaged. Spine with longitudinal title, little fraying. A very good copy, as usual leaves somewhat browned, two minor ink stains on p. 3. On upper margin of front cover ‘omaggio dell’a.’. The paper appeared in the editorial series issued by the... € 160
Il terremoto del 14 novembre 1887 in Firenze. Memoria… Florence Tipografia dell’Arte della Stampa 1888 240x163 mm. 8 pp. Original printed wrappers, on the upper cover pencilled number ‘549’. A very good, unopened copy. Title and first leaf spotted, slightly browning to upper and lower margins. The first earthquake account published by Giovannozzi, who from 1887 to 1905 directed the Osservatorio Ximeniano in Florence. Offprint from: Rivista Scientifico-Industriale, xx (1888). € 35
Il terremoto del 1887 in Liguria. Appunti… con quattro tavole ed una carta. Rome Tipografia Nazionale di Reggiani & soci 1888 246x162 mm. 207 pp. Four folding lithographic plates (slightly spotting); one large chromolithographic map of Ligury and Provence (tear along the fold extending into printed area, spotting on verso). Numerous diagrams in text, listing damaged buildings and victims. Original printed wrappers, rather spotted, spine browned. Last leaves of text a bit loose. A very good copy, spotting to margins and... € 500
