Travels in a series of letters from a gentleman to his father, in the years 1787, 88, & 89, [ca. 1791-1792].
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Description
- Title
- Travels in a series of letters from a gentleman to his father, in the years 1787, 88, & 89, [ca. 1791-1792].
- Creator
- Watkins, Thomas, 1761-1829
- Abstract
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Manuscript text of twelve letters from Watkins to his father, Pennoyre Watkins, describing his travels in the Low Countries, France, Spain and Switzerland in 1787. The manuscript contains corrections, addenda and several notes for a printer, and is apparently the text of "his Travels in France and Spain....suppressed" in the 1792 publication of Travels through Swisserland, Italy, Sicily..... Versions of Letters 11 and 12 in this manuscript appeared as Letters I and II in the first edition of Travels
Watkins' letters give a full account of places, sights and people encountered on his travels with his friend, George Pocock, and include his horror at the sight of galley slaves in Bordeaux; his dislike of Spanish theater and his "shudder" in the offices of the Inquisition in Barcelona; his admiration of Mont Blanc and Chamonix; and his conclusion that Rousseau's description of the Vallais was "a deception passed upon travellers."
- Description
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Title from front cover (repeated on first page as "title page").
Spine title: "Travels."
Signed on back cover: "Hughes. Brecon 1861."
Binding: contemporary vellum. - Provenance
- For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
- Extent
- 1 20 x 16 cm. v. (173 p., rectos only) ;
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn c569
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Alps
France
Spain
Switzerland - Subject (Name)
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Pocock, George.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Watkins, Pennoyre. - Subject (Topic)
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Influence
Grand tours (Education)
Travelers' writings, English
Description and travel - Subjects
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Pocock, George
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 > Influence
Watkins, Pennoyre
Grand tours (Education)
Travelers' writings, English
Alps > Description and travel
France > Description and travel
Spain > Description and travel
Switzerland > Description and travel
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Thomas Watkins, Travels in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman to his Father. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7041036
- Object ID (OID)
- 16813287