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BOTTONE, DOMENICO. Pyrologia topographica; id est, De igne dissertatio. 3 engraved plates. [40], 245 [i. e., 247], [1] pages. 4to, 201x166 mm, old paste-paper boards, backed with paper, cover corners worn; worming in upper inner corner of opening leaves not affecting text, title soiled, minor foxing toward end. Ownership inscription and armorial bookplate of Rudolf, Graf von Abensperg und Traun. Naples: Domenico Antonio Parrini & Michele Luigi Mutio, 1692
first edition of a treatise on the phenomenon of fire, in 3 parts: the first is a general discussion of the subject, the second deals with luminescence, and the third with subterranean fires, including volcanic eruptions. Harvey, A History of Luminescence, pages 137-38.
