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PANORAMA OF NAPLES & VESUVIUS
70. [NAPLES.] [A panorama depicting Naples and Vesuvius from Posillipo.]
[Naples, 1829.] Folding panorana, pen ink and wash on cartridge paper, backed with cloth (approx. 218.5 x
22.5cm) in 7 sections, occasional marks and some light marginal wear, a few faint contemporary annotations, cloth
hinges renewed, artist’s note to blank verso of one panel “Naples 1829”, overall in a very good state of preservation.
This splendid panorama depicting Naples and Vesuvius from Posillipo was executed in pen, ink and
wash by an English or American artist in 1829. On the reverse of one of the panels, in the same hand
that executed the panorama, is penned “Naples 1829”, suggesting the work of a native English speaker.
A plume of smoke rises from Vesuvius while to the right of the image is included the island of
Capri. The view from Posillipo on the Northern coast of the Bay of Naples, a vista that includes both
Naples and Mount Vesuvius, was a favourite for both artists and Grand Tourists. The road in the foreground
of the panorama is almost certainly Via Posillipo which was built between 1812 and 1824 and
improved considerably the accessibility of the location.
£3500
YORKSHIRE PHYSICIAN STUDYING IN SWITZERLAND
71. MICKLETHWAITE, Joseph. Theses generales de febribus: quas Divino favente numino,
sub præsidio … Dn. Emanuelis Stupani … ventilandus proponit M. Josephus
Micklethvaitius, Anglo-Britannus, in auditorio medico, ad diem 11. Octobr. Ann,
MDCXX.
Basileæ, Typis Joan, Jacobi Genathii. [1620.] First edition. 4to (14.5 x 19cm) [12]pp., title within ornate typographic
border, some light foxing, very good, disbound, strip of marbled paper along spine.
The Yorkshire physician Joseph Micklethwaite (1594-
1658) studied at the University of Basel in Switzerland.
This rare medical thesis by Micklethwaite was prepared
under the tutleage of Emmanuel Stupanus (1587-1664),
Professor of theoretical medicine at Basel. Arranged in
twenty three sections, it concerns the subject of fevers.
On the final page is printed a neo Latin poem dedicated
to Micklethwaite by his friend the Bohemian physician
Johannes Screta (c.1600-1651). For much of his medical
career Micklethwaite was resident at Micklegate in central
York, however he later puchased the manor of
Swine, becoming a gentleman farmer and county magistrate
for the East Riding.
Not in Shaaber. No copy in British Library. Not traced
in Wellcome catalogue.
£750