Account of the 1783 earthquake in Calabria]. Manuscript on paper March 1783 18th-century manuscript on paper, 265x189 mm, composed by a total number of 4 leaves, of which the last blank, and written by two or three different Italian hands, in one column, variable number of lines. Partly censored with pasted paper. Unbound. A wormhole to inner blank margin. Interesting and unpublished account of the five devastating shocks and the violent tsunami that, between 5 Februar... € 1.200
Dissertazione sopra il Tremuoto cause ed effetti ossia Lettera di risposta ad un amico sopra il fenomeno del Tremuoto Sentito in Brescia il dì 29. Maggio 1799. alle ore 8 di sera. Brescia Stamperia Bendiscioli 1799]. 12° (183x120 mm). 10 (misnumbered 12), [2] pp., last leaf blank. Contemporary pale blue wrappers, covers somewhat rubbed and discolored, lightly frayed the outer margin of lower cover. An excellent, uncut copy; short tear to the lower blank margin of title. On upper cover the inked note ‘B 1799.’, possible by a contemporary hand. Very rare account on the seismic event that... € 330
