London, The Royal Society, 1773. 4to (22.7 x 17.3 cm). 9 pp.; one large, folded engraved plate. Spine with marbled paper cover.

Contains a detailed, illustrated description of the effects of a lightning strike inside a large house where, at that moment, more than 500 people had gathered. The illustrations show some of the destruction, and the path of the lightning bolt. Written by the Scottish volcanologist and diplomat Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803), British ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800. Published in the Society's famous Philosophical Transactions. Light offsetting, otherwise very good, clean.