Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny The Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius - Hardcover

Pliny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892369000 ISBN 13: 9780892369003

Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007

Synopsis

Barry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. The text includes a brief description of the eruption of the volcano, concise biographies of Tacitus and of both Plinys, and a summary of how the texts of the two letters have survived until today.

About this title

About the Author:

Since 1970 Barry Moser has provided wood engravings for more than a hundred books, including editions of Moby Dick, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and the King James Version of the Bible. His works are found in museums throughout the world as well as in rare-book rooms and special collections of libraries.

Review:

“Moser’s jagged images capture the eerie moments before, during, and after the eruption, from which the solidified ghosts of Pompeii’s fleeing inhabitants emerged as artifacts almost 2,000 years later.”—Archaeology Magazine

“Dramatic and vivid best describe these evocative engraved wood block illustrations.”—Library Journal

“Ashen Sky is an addition as beautiful as it is necessary to anyone’s Vesuvian library.”—Easy Reader

“Ashen Sky will enthrall anyone with an interest in Roman history and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.”—History in Review

About this edition

• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0892369000
• ISBN 13: 9780892369003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40