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. and Purchased from Patrick King Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2005.
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Description and travel, France--Description and travel, Germany--Description and travel, and Waterloo (Belgium)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--Europe, Travelers' writings, English, and Women travelers
