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Hamilton surveying a site on Somma-Vesuvius from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Somma-Vesuvius in winter, with horse-drawn carriage, from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Hamilton observing Somma Vesuvius in full eruption from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Hamilton walking through Monte Somma crater from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Hamilton sharing observations with colleagues in Naples from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei: observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Volcanic rock samples and jeweled pin from Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei :observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies

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Somma-Vesuvius in full eruption at night from Hamilton's Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei

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Campi Phlegraei : observations on the volcanos of the Two Sicilies by Sir William Hamilton, 1776

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Frontispiece depicting several Vesuvius eruptions from Hamilton's 1779 Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei

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Interior view of Mount Vesuvius, Seen from Naples, Campi Phlegraei, Plate 10

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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, seen from Naples, 1776, from Hamilton's Campi phlegraei

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De aquatilibus, illustrations of humans and whales, Historiae animalium, liber IIII

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Cover of Harris' An exposition of English insects

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Book cover with bird from Gould's Handbook to The birds of Australia

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Osphranter rufus from Gould's The mammals of Australia

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Photograph of Konrad Gessner's book, Historiae animalium, Liber 1

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Osphranter rufus from Gould's The mammals of Australia

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Gilt book cover, The tribes on my frontier

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Life cycle of a butterfly from Moses Harris's The Aurelian, or, Natural history of English insects

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Adult, caterpillar, and pupa of the death's head hawk moth from Moses Harris's The Aurelian, or, Natural history of English insects

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