Travel diaries, [circa 1770].
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Description
- Title
- Travel diaries, [circa 1770].
- Creator
- Burney, Charles, 1726-1814
- Abstract
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Manuscript diaries, in two hands, describing Burney's tour of Italy and France in 1770. The first volume begins with an explanation of the purpose of his tour, to collect information about music, and of the diaries, to record the incidents of the tour which do not appear in his published account of his journey, "The Present State of Music in France and Italy." He describes the streets of the cities he visits, dinners with acquaintances, musical performances, and books he buys. In Paris, he is disappointed with an opera he hears; in Lyons, he plays cards with several Italian merchants; admires paintings in Turin; studies rare books in the Vatican; and visits Mount Vesuvius. He also describes a chance meeting with the twelve-year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his father in Bologna, and mentions his meeting and friendship with scientist and scholar Laura Bassi of Bologna, who demonstrates her recent electrical inventions for him. The diaries conclude with his return to London, seven months after he leaves
- Description
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In English.
See Lonsdale, p. 99 n.5.
Binding: vol. 1: paper. Vol. 2: marbled paper. Vol. 3: calf. - Provenance
- For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
- Extent
- 3 various sizes. vols ;
- 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 c194
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Diaries
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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France
Italy
Europe
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
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Bassi, Laura, 1711-1778.
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. - Subject (Topic)
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Music
Travelers' writings, English
Social life and customs
Description and travel
Intellectual life - Subjects
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Bassi, Laura, 1711-1778
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Music > France > 18th century
Music > Italy > 18th century
Travelers' writings, English
Europe > Social life and customs
France > Description and travel
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century
Italy > Description and travel
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Charles Burney, Travel Diaries. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 7040687
- Object ID (OID)
- 33386248
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