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PARAGALLO, Gaspare.

(1665? – ?)

Biographical references: ABI: I 743, 54-55. Jöcher, Gelehrten-Lexikon, 1750-51. WBI.

1. Italian, 1705.
Istoria Naturale del Monte Vesuvio. Divisata in due Libri. Di Gaspare Paragallo... Napoli, Nella Stamparia de Giacomo Raillard, 1705.

8°: [20], 429, [2] p.

Rare. An early detailed study of the natural history of Mount Vesuvius, Europe's most active volcano. Included is information on the minerals found in its vicinity.

Bibliographical references: Hoover Collection: no. 625. LKG: XIV 587.

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