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
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
Il terremoto a Roma del 22 gennaio 1892 e gli strumenti sismici del Collegio Romano. Relazione… Rome Tipografia dell’Unione Cooperativa Editrice 1893 331x240 mm. 15 pp., including the first leaf, blank. Three illustrations in text. Original printed wrappers, rather spotting. A very good copy, leaves somewhat toned. Agamennone directed the Observatory at Rocca di Papa, and later the Ufficio Centrale di Meteorologia e Geodinamica at Rome. € 55
Il Terremoto alla città di Norcia il di 22. Agosto 1859. Preghiera all’Onnipotente Iddio, alla Vergine Santissima, ed a S. Emidio che fa la su detta città per essere liberati da tal Flagello. Rome Baldassarri 1859 Broadsheet (228x175ca mm), [1] l. A very good copy, somewhat browned along fold, a few slightly spotting. On the upper right corner the letter ‘P’, in red crayon. Very rare broadsheet, containing a prayer for God, Virgin Mary and St. Emidius’protection against earthquakes. € 80
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
In onore di S. Emidio protettore singolarissimo della Città di Ascoli nella Marca e d’ogni suo divoto contro il flagello del Terremoto. Ascoli Piceno ca. 1840 Broadsheet (213x140 mm). Excellent copy, a minor loss to the upper margin. A very rare example of poem celebrating St. Emidius, traditionally invoked against earthquakes and Patron Saint of Ascoli, city situated in an area of high seismic risk in Marche region. On verso is printed another sonnet ‘in onore di S. Emidio’. € 60
Inizio di osservazioni sismiche al R. Osservatorio Geodinamico in Pavia. Nota… letta nell’adunanza del 21 dicembre 1893 al R. Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere. Milan Tip. Bernardoni di C. Rebeschini e C. 1894 237x160 mm. 11 pp. Original printed wrappers. Browned the title and the last page. A inked note on margin of p. 5. Emilio Oddone was director of the Observatory in Pavia from 1892 to 1902. Offprint from: Rendiconti del Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, xxvi (1893). € 55
Intorno ai fenomeni sismici avvenuti nella penisola garganica durante il 1893 Rome Tipografia dell’Unione Cooperativa Editrice 1894 332x238 mm. 48 pp. Original printed wrappers, upper cover almost detached. A good copy, leaves slightly toned. Offprint from: Annali dell’Ufficio Centrale di Meteorologia e Geodinamica, xv (1893). € 90
Intorno ai fenomeni sismici avvenuti nella penisola garganica durante il 1893 Rome Tipografia dell’Unione Cooperativa Editrice 1894 332x238 mm. 48 pp. Two litographed plates. Original printed wrappers, both covers stained and marginal browned; upper cover detached. A good copy, leaves toned. On the upper cover autograph dedication to Michele Stefano De Rossi (‘Al Chiariss. Sig. Prof. De Rossi omaggio di M Baratta’). € 125
istituita col Regio Decreto 12 giugno 1887 per l’esecuzione della legge 31 maggio 1887, N.° 4511 a favore dei danneggiati dal terremoto nelle provincie di Genova, Porto Maurizio e Cuneo. Rome Tipografia delle Mantellate 1893 307x202 mm. 337 pp. At end inserted eight leaves of lined-note paper, blanks. Marbled boards backed in leather. Spine into compartments, title gilt; at foot ‘F.A. S. Bruno’. Sprinkled edges. A very good copy, leaves browned, as often. Light staining to title. The official report of the Commission established after the strong earthquake occurred on 23 February 1887 in Western Ligury and in part of... € 160
Istoria del Monte Vesuvio Divisata in due Libri… Dedicata all’Ill.mo, e Reverend.mo Signor D. Celestino Galiano Arcivescovo di Tessalonica, e Cappellano Maggiore del Regno di Napoli &c. Naples Giuseppe Severini 1734 4° (236x176 mm). [16], 224, [4] pp. Woodcut decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum; spine with manuscript title. Red edges. A very good copy, slightly spotting and staining. A few marginal paper flaws. First edition of the treatise in which Sorrentino, a secular priest from Torre del Greco, relates his observations made in 1724, 1725, and 1733, listing also the historical... € 1.200
Istoria del tremuoto che ha devastato i paesi della Costa Toscana il dì 14 Agosto 1846 Pisa R. Vannucchi 1846 238x153 mm. See no. 112, I. Original printed wrappers, spine rather frayed; rear cover a bit soiled and browned, a small loss to the lower outer corner. A very good copy, uncut and in contemporary state. Fore-edges lightly spotted. The most authoritative source about the seismic event of 1846, by the outstanding geologist Leopoldo Pilla. With a list of the historical earthquakes occurred in... € 400
Istoria del tremuoto che ha devastato i paesi della Costa Toscana il dì 14 Agosto 1846… Pisa, R. Vannucchi, 1846. (Bound with:) Idem. Poche parole sul tremuoto che ha desolato i paesi della Costa Toscana… Pisa, R. Vannucchi, 1846. (Bound with:) Tabani, Giuseppe Del terremoto accaduto in Toscana il 14 Agosto 1846. Narrazione storica… Pisa, Tipografia Nistri, 1846. (Bound with:) Tellini, Cesare. Relazioni storiche dei danni cagionati dal tremuoto nel dì 14 Agosto 1846. nelle colline pisane e nelle città di Livorno, Pisa e Volterra… Livorno, F. and G. Meucci, 1846. (Bound with:) Calamai, Luigi Osservazioni… su gli effetti prodotti dal terremoto dato in Toscana nell’Agosto 1846. Florence, Stamperia sulle Logge del Grano, 1846. (Bound with:) Rossini, Luigi Replica… alle parole del P. Luigi Calamai intorno al terremoto delle colline pisane e livornesi. Florence Tipografia Pezzati 1846 Six works bound in one (210x127 mm; 199x111 mm the fourth work bound). I. 226 (including half title), [2] pp. One chromolithographic plate; one folding table, showing the meteorological observations related to August 1846. A small stain to the lower blank margin of p. 189. II. 22, [1] pp. On title the words ‘Sul tremuoto’ are curiously printed with “earthquaked” types. Slightly spotting to title.... € 850
Istoria dell’Incendio del Vesuvio Accaduto nel mese di Maggio dell’Anno mdccxxxvii. Scritta per l’Accademia delle Scienze. Naples Novello De Bonis 1738 4° (234x163 mm). [8], 122 pp., lacking the last leaf, blank. Woodcut decorative initials. Two folding engraved plates, the first showing Vesuvius viewed from the Royal Palace, the second depicting its crater. Contemporary vellum on pasteboards; flat spine, tooled and lettered gilt. Red edges. A few, light stains to lower board. An excellent, wide-margined copy. Minor browning to the first four... € 1.700
Istoria e teoria de’ tremuoti in generale ed in particolare di quelli della Calabria, e di Messina del mdcclxxxiii… Naples Stamperia Reale 1783 4° (217x146 mm). [8], ccclxxxiv, 56 pp. Woodcut head- and tailpieces, decorative initials. Three folding plates, showing the ‘casa baraccata’, drawn by Vincenzo Ferraresi, and engraved by Aniello Cataneo; one folding map of Calabria, engraved by Cataneo. Contemporary mottled calf with centrally-placed arms with motto ‘ne quid nimis’. Spine into compartments, with raised bands, gilt tooled, two... € 2.600
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
La meccanica celeste ed il terremoto. Rapporti dinamici dedotti dal calcolo sulle teorie di Newton… Campobasso Tipografia e Cartoleria Jamiceli 1889 234x150 mm. 19 pp. One folding lithographic plate. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. € 40
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
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
Le nuove case per i paesi del terremoto. Seconda ristampa. Rome Tipografia delle Terme Diocleziane 1909 320x229 mm. 86 pp., including the first leaf blank. Three folding lithographic plates. Original printed wrappers, wear to lower extremity, slightly discolored the upper cover. Detached the first six leaves, otherwise an excellent copy. On the upper cover the pencilled number ‘1859’ and autograph presentation, ‘Al Sig. Barone Avv. Augusto Ferrero perché vegga come si dovrebbero riedificare Messina... € 160
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
Les Indes neerlandaises sismiques… 1896 240x157 mm. 14 pp. One large folding lithographic map. Unbound, the first four leaves detached. A good copy, light spotting. Offprint from: Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indie, lvi (1896). € 90
Letter to Livio Zambeccari. Torre Luserna, October-November 1858 A.l.s. unpublished to Livio Zambeccari (1802-1862), 96 lines written in brown ink on a bifolium 211x135 mm. A few, very faint underlining; unsignificant browning along folds. An interesting, and unpublished letter written by the Venetian famous actor and patriot to his friend Zambeccari, reporting the Pinerolo (Piedmont) earthquake of October-November 1758. Shocks were also felt in Torre Luserna,... € 180
Liste des tremblements de terre ressentis en 1849, avec suppléments pour les années antérieures… Dijon, Paris Imprimerie de E. Tricault 1850 225x135 mm. 23 pp. (including half title). Unbound, the last four leaves light loose. A very good copy, light spotting, a few thumb-soiling. Rather browned the outer blank margin of the first three leaves. On the top of the first page, pencilled note ‘Mr. Flauti’. Offprint from: Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon (1850). € 60
