sub-fonds GB 0117 MS/2 - Piaggi, Antonio: Diaries of Vesuvius observations

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GB 0117 MS/2

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Piaggi, Antonio: Diaries of Vesuvius observations

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  • 1779-1794 (Création/Production)

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8 volumes

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Father Antonio Piaggi of the order of Scole Pie resided for many years in Resina at the foot of Mount Vesuvious, he kept a diary of the volcanic activity 1779-1794.

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GB 0117 MS/2 1779-1794 Sub-fonds 8 volumes Piaggi , Antonio , fl 1779-1794 , priest

Father Antonio Piaggi of the order of Scole Pie resided for many years in Resina at the foot of Mount Vesuvious, he kept a diary of the volcanic activity 1779-1794.

Daily written observations and pencil sketches of volcanic activity, kept by Father Antonio Piaggi, July 1779-August 1794, on behalf of Sir William Hamilton, Piaggi was based at the Madonna Pugliano near Resina at the western side of Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples. With an additional volume dedicated to the major eruption of 1779, (originally volume 1 of the sequence). The volumes have occasional inserted material.

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Half bound in brown leather with gilt tooling, and marbled paper boards. Archival manilla paper covers.

Sources: 'An Account of the Late Eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In a Letter from the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, K. B. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S', by William Hamilton, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 85, (1795), pp. 73-116. Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Feb 2009. Hamilton , Sir , William , 1730-1803 , Knight , diplomat and archaeologist Disasters Natural disasters Volcanic eruptions Volcanology Volcanoes Geophysics Vulcanology Italy Western Europe Europe Land forms Disasters (by type) Topography Geomorphology

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Daily written observations and pencil sketches of volcanic activity, kept by Father Antonio Piaggi, July 1779-August 1794, on behalf of Sir William Hamilton, Piaggi was based at the Madonna Pugliano near Resina at the western side of Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples. With an additional volume dedicated to the major eruption of 1779, (originally volume 1 of the sequence). The volumes have occasional inserted material.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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  • anglais

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  • latin

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Italian

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Royal Society

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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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