Dedicatory preface to "the right honourable my most deare mother the Lady Elizabeth Cope," offering her this volume as "speciall testimony of his duty." and Manuscript, on paper, in a single secretary hand of a travel narrative relating Cope's observations and experiences during an 18-month sojourn in France. Following some careful general notes on French geography and history, Cope details his journey to Paris, where he toured the principal cathedrals, palaces, public buildings and parks. He viewed the Carnival observances and attended services at the Jesuit church in St. Germain, hearing a sermon "against the protestant religion, and....cheifly against the English nation" which was also attended by "the English queene." Cope then traveled through Orleans to Saumur, where he lived and studied for a year. He calls it "a very little Citty....but one of the most agreeable in France" and carefully describes landscapes, gardens, bridges and buildings, the politeness of its citizens, and local pastimes such as golf, tennis and squittles [skittle]. He also took excursions to sites such as Richelieu's palace at Champigny, and lived for some months in Angers, which he found "stuffd with churches." Cope returned to England via Paris and Rotterdam.
Description:
Binding: contemporary full red morocco, decorated in gilt, with central gilt lozenges on both boards., Ex libris John Mordaunt Cope. Purchased from Arthur Freeman on the Hazel M. Osborn Fund, 2004., Shelf mark on front pastedown., and Sir John Cope was the third son of Sir John Cope of Hanwell by his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Fane, daughter of the Earl of Westmorland. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford in 1651; held a command at Dunkirk in 1662, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1675. He married Anne Booth. Cope served as MP for Oxfordshire 1679-90, and for Banbury in 1699-1700. He died January 11, 1721 and was succeeded by his eldest son, also named John.
Subject (Geographic):
Angers (France)--Description and travel., France--Description and travel., Paris (France)--Description and travel., Saumur (France)--Description and travel., and Saumur (France)--Social life and customs.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Customs and practices., Cope, Elizabeth Fane,--Lady,--1610-1669., Cope, John Mordaunt,--Sir,--1732 or 33-1779--Bookplate., Cope, John,--Sir,--d. 1721., and Henrietta Maria,--Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England,--1609-1669.
Subject (Topic):
Carnival--France., Grand tours (Education), and Travelers' writings, English.
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:
Binding: vol. 1: paper., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Paginated 1-129, mostly as openings with facing leaves blank or lightly annotated., and See Lonsdale, p. 99 n.5.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe--Social life and customs., France--Description and travel., Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century., and Italy--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Bassi, Laura,--1711-1778., Burney, Charles,--1726-1814., and Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Subject (Topic):
Music--France--18th century., Music--Italy--18th century., and Travelers' writings, English.
Holograph of a tour through France, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and Italy, in which the author, traveling with Mr. Pocock, records primarily historical anecdotes about the cities and landmarks he visits; his interactions with the inhabitants; and descriptions of attractive landscapes and scenic views. In traveling from Lyons to Avignon, he pretends to be a German-Swiss officer in the Regiment of Sonneberg and, in disguise, argues with a dockyard commissary about the superiority of British laws. In Rome, he describes the Pope's election process, and declares that "the Police of Rome is but ill regulated," commenting on "their corruption and depravity." He praises the hills of the Apennines, which he pronounces "varied and beautiful & particularly so at this season of the year owing to the different colord foliage," though he and his companion are required to hire a yoke of oxen, "for the purpose of assisting the horses," in order to ascend them. The volume concludes with a description of Italy's national character and a list of "remarkable Paintings Sculputre & Architecture seen in Italy."
Description:
Binding: contemporary vellum, without title., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Signature and inscription on flyleaf: Elizabeth Carstine Mohun Harris C[?]p House 1880. This book belonged to her grandfather & came to her in the division of her mothers Books., Signature on flyleaf: Elizabeth Bertha Vaughan - nee Mohun-Harris niece of E. C. Mohun-Harris., Watkins' letters to his father during this journey were published in 1792., Written in pencil on flyleaf: The Travels of the late Rev Tho Watkins of Pennoyre which he published in 2 vols. JJ., Written inside front cover: Conrad Ebner aubergiste au Cerf a Dogguern., and Written inside front cover: The journal Book of Th. Watkins. Written when cast on the bleak and inhospitable shore of Scalea in Calabria on his voyage to Sicily. Feb 20th 1788 Wed. Evening.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe--Social life and customs--18th century., France--Description and travel., Italy--Description and travel., and Italy--Religious life and customs--18th century.
Subject (Name):
T. W.--(Thomas Watkins)
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--Europe. and Travelers' writings, English.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, documenting the author's travels through France, Italy, Naples, Sicily, and Malta, paying particular attention to Catholic architecture and devotional practices. For example, he keeps lists of the relics he encounters, noting that at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, "There are many Reliques of the Virgin Mary, (as they say) namely, some of her Haire, her Smock, her Milk the which are kept in a very rich Cabinet of Silver and finely graven." At Lyon, he describes a church which "is the Cardinalls house whereinto entering we found in his Cabinett more Dogges than bookes."
Description:
Binding: parchment., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Note on title page: "A Copy from the Original of Thos. Lambton Esq. of Biddick-Waterville.", and Signature inside front cover: "James J. Gray. Houghton. 1845."
Subject (Geographic):
France--Description and travel., Italy--Description and travel., and Sicily (Italy)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Europe.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Relics., Reliquaries., and Travelers' writings, English.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of the journey of Thomas Turner, copied by B. Leech, from Dieppe through France and Italy to Naples and thence to Venice, Turin, Paris, the Low Countries, and back to England. The author records primarily historical anecdotes about the cities and landmarks he visits as well as notations of interesting artifacts there; his observations on their fortifications and architectural details; and descriptions of attractive landscapes. He observes the strong and regular walls at Piacenza and Vicenza and gives a brief history of the siege in 1656 in Valenciennes. He notes that the hill "called Mons Tertaceus" is made entirely of pot-shards; and at Nimes, he writes, "There are many other antiquities, as eagles without heads, ancient inscriptions & such like, to be found, in several parts of the town." He concludes his narrative with a description of his return to Dover by packet-boat, where he lodges at "the Ship, called the Welcome to Dover." Pasted in throughout are 43 diagrams of fortifications in European cities, including the Citadel at Marseilles; the Fortress of Montmelian upon a Rock in Savoy; the Citadel at Capua; and the Town & Fortress of Cambray.
Description:
At beginning of volume is a genealogy of "The Family of Mrs. Cecilia Chester" to 1745, which concludes with a brief genealogy of Lady Cecilia Neville Duchess of York, from whom is descended "King Charles now living.", Binding: contemporary vellum, with title on spine: Turner's Itinerary. 1659 to 1662., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Index at end of manuscript., The manuscript begins with an "Abstract, from the Manuscript Itinerary of Thomas Turner Esqr, with copies of his drawings, of several well fortified places, which are very strong, by Art or Nature, or both united, in 1659 to 1662. (In the possession of Mrs. Jackson, wife of Mr. Jackson Surgeon Bedford.) Transcribed &c. by B. Leech.", and Written on flyleaf: For the Table of the Route, see the page VI. & The Alphabetical Index. pa. 178.
Subject (Geographic):
England--Genealogy., France--Description and travel., Italy--Description and travel., and Netherlands--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Chester family. and Turner, Thomas,--fl. 1659-1662.
Subject (Topic):
Fortification--Design., Fortification--Europe., Tourism--Europe., and Travelers' writings, English.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of notes concerning the French nobility. The manuscript begins with genealogical histories of various French noble houses, including those of Lorraine; Savoy; Languedoc; Luxembourg; and Orleans. Other entries in the manuscript include an account of the French royal family; a list of the French nobility; and copies of letters of 1602 from Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon to King Henri IV and from the King to the authorities of the Dauphine about Bouillon. The collection also contains a number of entries in English, including a travel diary recording a journey from Blois to La Rochelle and an essay in English about the Swiss alliance with France. Dos-a-dos appears a list of Biblical kings.
Description:
Binding: full limp parchment; gilt decoration., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Text begins from both ends. Pagination provided by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Court and courtiers., France--Description and travel., France--Foreign relations--Switzerland., France--Kings and rulers., and Switzerland--Foreign relations--France.
Subject (Name):
Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne,--Duc de,--1555-1623. and Henry--IV,--King of France,--1553-1610.
Subject (Topic):
Genealogy--France., Nobility--France., and Travelers' writings, English.
Details a young womans travels from Rochester, England, to Germany where she is to be the au pair for the household of Baron Danckelman; on the way, her ship is captured by French privateers; after arrival she gives detailed accounts of local customs in H
Description:
Anonymous holograph manuscript.
Subject (Topic):
Au pairs., Dinners and dining, Travelers' writings, English., Women authors., and Women travelers.
Holograph journal on paper kept by a young man (possibly the son of Martin Lister?) on a tour through France, Switzerland, northern Germany, and Holland. He comments on the expenses and difficulties of traveling, the customs of different cities, and his impressions of various sights, including the Tuilleries, a visit to Versailles with the English Ambassador, the Roman amphitheatre at Rheims, the baths at Aix-la-Chapelle where "English cuntry dances are most in fashion," the relics of Mary, Queen of Scots displayed by the English Jesuits at Lisge, and the charnel yard of the cathedral at Havre-de-Grace. and Other subjects include his visit to the Royal Palace at the Hague, with descriptions of the private apartments of Lord Albemarle, the Duke of Portland, and others; his impressions of King William III in council with the States General; comments on laws and customs in Montpellier; and his opinion of the theater in Paris, where he found the costumes and stagings finer than in England but wrote that "theyr comedyes are not near so good as our Playes nor do they Act better."
Description:
Binding: contemporary parchment., Flyleaf annotated in 19th century hands: "Diary ? by Martin Lister. Yes.", For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Volume is incomplete, with text missing between the current 23v and 24r, and another possible break between 25v and 26r.
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Description and travel., France--Description and travel., Hague (Netherlands)--Court and courtiers., Hague (Netherlands)--Description and travel., Montpellier (France)--Description and travel., Montpellier (France)--Social life and customs., Netherlands--Description and travel., Netherlands--Social life and customs., and Orange (France : Principality)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Montagu, Charles,--Duke of Manchester,--1660?-1722. and William--III,--King of England,--1650-1722.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education) and Travelers' writings, English.
