2-657-901 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Representation of a thick Stratum of Lava, that ran into the sea from Mount Vesuvius in the Eruption of 1631, Plate VIII, from 'Campi Phlegraei: Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies', by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803), published 1776 (hand coloured engraving). shows the principal Quarry supplying the stones for the Pavement of Naples.