Bibliografia del Vesuvio
Compilata e Corredata di Note Critiche Estratte dai Più Autorevoli Scrittori Vesuviani

A comprehensive bibliography of scientific and literary works about Mount Vesuvius, originally published in 1897.

Federigo Furchheim (Edited by)

9781108028547, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 June 2011

318 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.7 cm, 0.45 kg

This Italian work, published in Naples in 1897, provides a comprehensive bibliography of works, published in Europe and the United States prior to the twentieth century, on the subject of Mount Vesuvius. Federigo Furchheim (b. 1844) begins with the famous eruption of 1631, on the ground that ancient accounts are sufficiently well known, and that reports and descriptions before the seventeenth century are not reliable. The bibliography is wide-ranging and includes works on other volcanos (such as Santorini), earthquakes and mineralogy. Nor is it confined to factual observations: travel writing, poetry, and even fiction, including Bulwer Lytton's The Last Days of Pompeii, appear alongside scientists such as Sir Humphry Davy and enthusiastic amateurs such as Sir William Hamilton. The book includes a chronological listing of published maps and illustrations, and an appendix, arranged chronologically and by topic, that briefly lists ancient and medieval accounts as well as more modern publications.

Prefazione
Bibliografia del Vesuvio
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Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB]