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A city devastated by an earthquake or a fire. Etching, 17--.

Messina: ruins of the city after an earthquake. Coloured aquatint, 1809, after L. Mayer.

Earthquake damage to fortifications, seen from the west, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.

Saint Francis Solano, holding a cross in a landscape. Engraving, 17--.

Monteleone di Calabria: an encampment made by people whose dwellings have been destroyed in an earthquake. Drawing by A. Bianchini, 1905.

Earthquake damage to fortifications, with trees, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.

Zammarò, Calabria: sappers removing bodies from dwellings destroyed in an earthquake. Drawing by A. Bianchini, 1905.

Saint Alexius as protector against earthquakes. Coloured engraving by J. and J. Klauber after J.B Baumgartner.

Earthquake damage to fortifications, with waterway, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.

Earthquake damage to fortifications, Jalal-Kut, Afghanistan. Coloured lithographs by W.L. Walton, c. 1850.

A chronological and historical account of the most memorable earthquakes that have happened in the world, from the beginning of the Christian Period. To the present year 1750 : With an appendix, containing a distinct series of those that have been felt in England ... / By a gentleman of the University of Cambridge [i.e. Z. Grey].

The philosophy of earthquakes, natural and religious, Or An inquiry into their cause, and their purpose. ... / By William Stukeley.

Seneca e le scienze naturali / a cura di Marco Beretta, Francesco Citti, Lucia Pasetti.

Natural disasters: lightning, earthquake, and a tornado destroying buildings. Engraving.

Restless genius : Robert Hooke and his earthly thoughts / Ellen Tan Drake.

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The philosophy of earthquakes, natural and religious, Or An inquiry into their cause, and their purpose. ... / By William Stukeley.

Seneca e le scienze naturali / a cura di Marco Beretta, Francesco Citti, Lucia Pasetti.

Natural disasters: lightning, earthquake, and a tornado destroying buildings. Engraving.

Restless genius : Robert Hooke and his earthly thoughts / Ellen Tan Drake.