Italian writer, naturalist and cartographer (1741-1803)

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Alberto Fortis. Stipple engraving by G. Rados after A. Bramati.

Alberto Fortis. Line engraving by G. Fusinati after Sofia Sellier.

Alberto Fortis. Line engraving by G. Dala after himself.

Autopsie della terra : illuminismo e geologia in Alberto Fortis (1741-1803) / Luca Ciancio.

Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighboring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis / To which are added by the Same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Tr. from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix. And other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates.

Lettera ... al Signor Abate Fortis sugli sperimenti di Pennet in Pavia / [Lazzaro Spallanzani].

Letters from Italy, describing the manners, customs, antiquities, paintings, etc. of that country, in the years MDCCLXX and MDCCLXXI, to a friend residing in France / by an English woman [i.e. Lady Miller].

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Lettera ... al Signor Abate Fortis sugli sperimenti di Pennet in Pavia / [Lazzaro Spallanzani].

Letters from Italy, describing the manners, customs, antiquities, paintings, etc. of that country, in the years MDCCLXX and MDCCLXXI, to a friend residing in France / by an English woman [i.e. Lady Miller].