Diary, 1647 Jul 22 - 1649 Jun 29; 1654 Jun 9 - 1655 Nov 13; 1658 Mar 25 -1660 Aug 1.Colebrande, Richard, ca. 1614-1674.1647-1660Autograph MS travel diary, covering three extended tours on the Continent. Colebrande's first tour (p. 1-41) was in France (Dieppe, Rouen, Paris, Orleans, Brittany, etc.); his second (p. 45-74) was also entirely in France; and on his third (p. 77-215) he travelled through France and into Italy (Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Padua, Venice, Milan) and back again across the Alps via Savoy, Geneva, etc., to Paris and Calais. At the end, various miscellaneous entries contain several receipts for varnishes and gildings and for making "stones of a paste;" several pages of advice for English travellers from France to Italy; and an account of the great Council of the Jews in Hungary, 12 Oct 1650, "by Samu. Brett who was there present."For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.With 18th century bookplate of Lord Walpole of Wolterton.Written from from and back. Paginated [i-x], 1-[59] from back.text