Istanbul (Turkey) --Description and travel and Marmara, Sea of (Turkey)
Subject (Name):
Aveele, Johannes van den, d. 1727, engraver, Ayasofya Muzesi--Pictorial works, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 --Bookplate, Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712, engraver, Orthodox Eastern Church, and Suleymaniye Camii (Istanbul, Turkey)--Pictorial works
In Rome, the author attends Holy Week services, visits the catacombs and and records accounts of miracles. In Naples he explores the Pausilippo and Mount Vesuvius, described as "standing like a sugar loaf in a kettle" of its surrounding ashes. Separated from Northumberland's retinue in Padua to look after an ill friend, the author concludes the journal in Avignon. and Manuscript on paper containing the narrative of a member of Lord Northumberland's retinue, possibly his chaplain (Wickail?). The author describes "the Churches, the Villas and Gardens, the Pallaces and Antiquitys" he saw on the journey, with particular attention to Turin, Milan, Bologna, Florence, Naples, and Rome. He copies many funerary inscriptions and records his impressions of libraries, including the Ambrosian and the Vatican, where he was shown the letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn but complained that "the books are all shut up...and they have no catalogue to help you."
Description:
Annotated on flyleaf: "George Fitz-Roy, natural son of Charles II, was Earl of Northumberland in 1674, and Duke in 1682. He died in 1716 without issue.", Binding guard remnant reads, "Bononiae, Typis Iacobi Montij. 1678. Superiorum permissu." Printed, decorated border., Binding: Nineteenth century parchment. Marbled endpapers., Bookplates: Thomas Bell; John Newington Hughes; Thomas Ashby., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Phillipps MS 22145; Neumeyer purchase, 1913., and Spine title: "Lord Northumberland Voyage in to Italy."
Subject (Geographic):
Italy--Description and travel, Italy--Religious life and customs--17th century, Naples (Italy)--Description and travel, Rome (Italy)--Antiquities, and Rome (Italy)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Customs and practices, Howard, Philip Thomas,--1629-1694, and Northumberland, George Fitzroy,--Duke of,--1665-1716
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Learning and scholarship--England, and Travelers' writings, English
Manuscript on paper, in single hand, of a travel diary documenting the author's tour through Holland, Belgium, France and Italy. The author includes descriptions of each country's landscapes, buildings, items of manufacture, religious and social customs, scientific and medical curiosities, and anecdotes of local histories.
Description:
Binding: Marbled paper, stitched. and Written on rectos and continues from back on versos.
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Description and travel, Europe--Description and travel, France--Description and travel, Italy--Description and travel, and Netherlands--Description and travel
Bibliography: p. [xxiii] -xxiv. and Includes index.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Description and travel, California--History, Oregon--Description and travel, Oregon--History--To 1859, and West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a diary describing the author's travels through the shires and market towns of England, chiefly in the west and south of England and East Anglia. Luttrell describes the houses of each town and indicates whether it sends burgesses to Parliament, its market days and principal commodities, its inns, and its distance and accessibility from London.
Description:
Alphabetical index of towns at beginning of text., Binding: full calf., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., In English., Names of towns are rubricated, as well as marginal notes., and Stamped on spine: "Travells MSS."
Subject (Geographic):
England--Commerce, England--Description and travel, and Great Britain--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Great Britain.--Parliament.--House of Commons and Luttrell, Narcissus,--1657-1732
