Diary of a tour in Europe, 1834 Jul-Aug

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Title: Diary of a tour in Europe, 1834 Jul-Aug
Published / Created: 1834 July-August
Abstract: Holograph diary, apparently incomplete, of a Continental tour from London through France, Belgium and Germany, ending near Zurich. The author, probably a young woman traveling with her family, lists sights seen, miles traveled, and towns passed through. The author is particularly interested in minute details of women's clothing and jewelry; encounters with peasants and beggars; "blasphemous" roadside shrines featuring the Virgin Mary and Christ crucified; natural wonders; and museum displays of natural history. The author comments at length on the family's "deeply affecting" visit to the site of Waterloo; a tour of a seltzer bottling plant in Schlagenbach; "Mamma's" trouble with customs officials in Germany; and the museum at Bonn.
Description: Binding: original quarter-roan marbled boards.
Purchased from Patrick King Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2005.
Extent: 1 v. (112 p.) ; 23 x 18 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Format: mixed material
Genre: journals (accounts): diaries (AAT)
Subject (Geographic): Belgium--Description and travel
France--Description and travel
Germany--Description and travel
Waterloo (Belgium)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic): Tourism--Europe
Travelers' writings, English
Women travelers

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Citation: Journal, 1834 Jul-Aug. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.