| Description | Printed and manuscript Italian tracts on Sicily and the eruption of Mount Etna, comprising:
1) GEMMELLARO, Carlo, 'Sopra alcuni pezzi di granito e di lave antiche trovati presso alla cima dell' Etna' [On some pieces of granite and ancient lava found near the top of Etna], Catania: Salvatore Longo, (1823).
2) CHIAVETTI, Benedetto, 'Memoria dell'ultima eruzione dell' Etna accaduta il di' 27 di Marzo 1809' [Memoir of the recent eruption of Etna which occurred on 27 March 1809], Messina, (1809).
3) FERRARA, Francesco, 'Memoria sopra i tremuoti della Sicilia in Marzo 1823' [Memoir on the tremors of Sicily in March 1823], Palermo, (1823). Includes coloured manuscript map of Sicily and the surrounding islands by N Biamonte.
4) ORTOLANI, Giuseppe Emanuele, 'Prospetto dei minerali di Sicilia' [Prospectus of the minerals of Sicily], Palermo, (1808).
5) "Curiosi venuti all'Etna", manuscript letter from Mario Gemmellaro to Thomas Hodgkin, MD, [?1837] with a table listing the number of visitors who have climbed Etna in the years between 1811-1836, broken down into 'esteri' [foreigners], Sicilians, and men and women for each category. The back of the letter has pencil jottings [by George Bellas Greenough?] listing names of subscribers. |