A true and exact relation of the most dreadful earthquake which happened in the city of Naples, and several other parts of that kingdom, June the 5th, 1688. : Whereby about forty cities and villages were either wholly ruin'd, or extreamly damnified; eight thousand persons destroy'd, and about eight hundred wounded; of which four hundred were digg'd out of the ruins, and many others miraculously preserved. Translated from the Italian copy, printed at Naples, by an eye-witness of those miserable ruins.
1688
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A true and exact relation of the most dreadful earthquake which happened in the city of Naples, and several other parts of that kingdom, June the 5th, 1688. : Whereby about forty cities and villages were either wholly ruin'd, or extreamly damnified; eight thousand persons destroy'd, and about eight hundred wounded; of which four hundred were digg'd out of the ruins, and many others miraculously preserved. Translated from the Italian copy, printed at Naples, by an eye-witness of those miserable ruins.
Created/published
London : Printed, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor, near Stationers-Hall, 1688.
Description
[8], 27, [1] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
J. P.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Note
Dedication signed: J.P.
With a preliminary order to print.
With a preliminary order to print.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), T2454
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R29556
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R29556
Genre/form
Imprimaturs.
Annotations.
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
150- 083q
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking imprimatur leaf. Manuscript notes and markings on t.p. leaf. Disbound. Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps copy; purchased from Wm. Robinson: list 4