Contemporary scribal copy in several hands of this travel account. Tommaso del Bene left Florence with his suite on 21 July 1695 and returned on 7 April 1696. On both the outward and return journies he travelled by way of the Brenner, Germany and the Low Countries. He landed in England on 20 October 1695 and remained there until 6 January 1696. Dal Pino's account of the stay in England covers 100 pages. It includes notes of the envoy's diplomatic and social activity, a long description of a Lord Mayor's show (p. 143-49), descriptions of visits to Windsor and Hampton Court, with comments on the works of art, and reports of proceedings in Parliament. The narrative is followed by a list of the stages of the journeys and an index of places
Description:
Another MS of this work is in the Archivio di Stato, Florence.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1642-1723., Del Bene, Tommaso., and Lord Mayor's Show
Manuscript of a travel diary which opens with the writer already in Rome on December 11, 1765, documents his sojourn in Italy, and concludes with a journey to Vienna, Berlin, and finally Potsdam one year later. The unidentified author describes the art and architecture of several Italian cities, the studios of artists and art dealers in Rome, and military sites, garrisons, and installations in Venice, Toulon and Austria, as well as the docks and warships of Naples
Description:
Bookplate: Ver Hayden de Lancey of the Middle Temple and Grey's Inn., Flyleaf note: "Diary of a stay in Rome 1764/64 and a journey from Rome to Berlin via Naples Marseilles - Genoa - Milan - Parma -Bologna , Venice and Vienna. by a member of the de Lancey family" , possibly in the hand of Baron Ver Hayden de Lancey., and Binding: original limp vellum with flap; remains of wax seal with coat of arms on flap and back cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Italy, and Naples (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Military art and science, Travelers' writings, English, Travel diaries, Description and travel, and History
