Manuscript journal of a London wine merchants travels in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries during the summer and fall of 1835, accompanied as far as Switzerland by a boy, Alfonzo Pipon. The diary documents travel and hotel conditions; soc
Subject (Geographic):
Coblenz (Germany) and Rhine River.
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--Europe, Travelers writings, English., and Travelers.
Manuscript, in two hands, of a commonplace book divided into three sections. The first section consists of an account of the Mordaunt's mission to the British Fleet in the Adriatic to discover how to capture the Dalmatian Islands from France. Traveling by water, he describes the passing scenery; when he lands on the islands of Fano and Lissa, he notes their populations and military fortifications; at Malta, he is impressed by the military fortifications and is forbidden to break quarantine despite the importance of his mission due to an outbreak of plague; and falls ill with fever at Palermo. Throughout, he also records business correspondence and conversations regarding political and military affairs. This narrative is followed, in a different hand, by copies of two letters from Mordaunt to Robert Mitford, one of which is labeled "Read to queen Charlotte by Mrs. Egerton," describing scenes from his travels; and one from L L. to an unnamed recipient. These letters are followed by a copy of a novel titled Adelaide; an excerpt from Lady Sydney Morgan's Book of the boudoir; and a list titled "Peregrinations of [?] Mitford," which lists the dates and mileage between towns visited.
Description:
Binding: full parchment. Written on spine: Journal., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Inside covers lined with green silk., On title page: Journal of John Mordaunt Johnson, H. M. Consul at Genoa. Commenced July 1812., Pressed flower laid in., Table of contents at beginning of manuscript., The final section of the manuscript contains a large number of prints and drawings. The prints include 8 genre engravings; 5 small engravings of American landscape scenes; and 3 colored engravings of women's dress fashions. Drawings include 8 pastoral scenes in pencil; 4 pencil portraits; 1 pencil bird; a portrait in colored ink; a pen drawing of Newminster Abbey; and 6 ink wash drawings of Welsh characters. The volume also contains a watercolor of a Chinese scene; a collage of pressed leaves and flowers, accompanied by a sentimental poem; the signature of L. Sterne; a fragment of a Chinese newspaper; pieces of the dress of the King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands, "who died in London 1824"; 2 silhouettes; a colored cat's head; and a pencil drawing of a dog and rabbit pasted inside the back cover. This section of the manuscript also contains numerous sentimental and lighthearted poems, epigrams, and riddles., and This list is followed 100 pages of poems, prefaced by a table of contents. The poems are primarily on such sentimental subjects as flowers and love, and many are written by "L. M.," including one titled Lines inscribed to the late J. Mordaunt Johnson, Esq. A poem titled The valley of roses is attributed to Mary Ann Browne, "in her 15th year"; other titles include Stanzas on the death of H.R.H. the Duke of York; On leaving Ireland; and The progress of love. This section also contains the epilogue to Richard Sheridan's The rivals.
Subject (Geographic):
Dalmatia (Croatia)--History, Military, France--Foreign relations--Great Britain, and Great Britain--Foreign relations--France
Subject (Name):
Johnson, John Mordaunt, 1776?-1815, Morgan, Lady (Sydney),--1783-1859., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816--Rivals
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--19th century, Epigrams, Riddles, Sentimentalism in literature, and Travelers' writings, English
Marriage contract, manuscript, engraving, ink, and green and blue paint on vellum, dated 8th Adar 5450 at Nitsa (1690). The text is written in Italian block letters. The text is surrounded by two registers, which include cartouches in which biblical scenes are depicted. Immediately above the text is a cartouche above which is a crown. Within the cartouche is a representation of the tree of life, and the name of the groom and the priestly blessing are written in micrography ...
Description:
Bride: Rosa bat Joseph Cohen. and Bridegroom: Jacob ben Samson Vallabrega.
Subject (Geographic):
Nice (France) --Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Rosah bat Yosef Kohen and Ya'akov ben Shimshon Valabregah
Subject (Topic):
Ketubah --France --Nice and Prenuptial agreements (Jewish law)
The fourth volume contains 98 letters (copies) to and from George Legge, 1st baron Dartmouth, 1648-1691. Followed by papers written by Lord Dartmouth during his confinement in the Tower of London, and an appendix.
Description:
Blank versos not digitized., Letters 275-373., and Purchased by James Marshall Osborn from Maggs in 1958. Bequest of James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn, 1976.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Court and courtiers and Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1688
Subject (Name):
Bagot, William Bagot,--Baron,--1773-1856, Dartmouth, George Legge,--Baron,--1647-1691, Great Britain.--Army, Great Britain.--Parliament, Great Britain.--Royal Navy, Wharton, Philip,--4th baron Wharton,--1613-1696, and William--III,--King of England,--1650-1702
Autograph diary of a tour through Germany and Italy, with a return voyage by way of Malta, Algiers and Gibraltar, taken by Trollope between September 1843 and April 1844 in the company of his friend Edward Davies. Trollope describes travel arrangements; monuments, works of art, and various tourist sights, particularly in Rome; church services attended and sermons heard; flowers and trees; shipboard activities; the quarantine of his steamer at Ryde; and the weather. He concludes his account by noting that ""I have seen quite enough to be able to value and prize the Institutions of our own country more than those I have left behind.""
Description:
40 etched, lithographed and aquatinted prints (3 hand-colored) of various subjects, including 5 of Malta. Several bills, tickets, passes and newspaper clippings pasted in, including an article on ""The Ghetto at Rome"" from Jewish Records), September 1857 (
Subject (Geographic):
Coblentz (Germany) and Ehrenbreitstein (Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Boats and boating, Coast defenses, Fortification, Tourism, Travelers, and Travelers writings, English
Each pt. has engraved frontispiece by Salomon Kleiner (reworked by Peter Mayer beginning with v. 3, pt. 1); it depicts Maria Theresa, to whom work is dedicated. Plates chiefly by Kleiner, Mayer, Johann Baptist Haas and Georg Nicolai, with some by A. Dischler, Michel d'Ixnard, Franz Rosenstingl, Rugendas, Leopold Schmittner, Anton von Weinkopf. Etched and woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials., Errata in each vol., Includes indexes., t. 1. Sigilla vetera & insignia cum antiqua, tum recentiora varii generis -- t. 2. Nummotheca principum Austriae -- t. 3. Pinacotheca principum Austriae -- t. 4. Taphographia principum Austriae., and Vol. 5 never appeared. Vols. 2-4 each have 2 pts. with special t.p.'s.
Publisher:
Prostant apud Leopoldum Joannem Kaliwoda, Aulae Imperialis typographum,
Subject (Geographic):
Austria--Kings and rulers, Austria--Kings and rulers--Medals, Austria--Kings and rulers--Portraits, and Austria--Kings and rulers--Tombs
Subject (Name):
Felner, Johann Georg, Gerbert, Martin, 1720-1793, Haas, Johann Baptist, 18th cent., Heer, Rustenus, 1715-1769, Kaliwoda, Leopold Johann, fl. 1734-1775, Kleiner, Salomon, 1700-1761, Kloster St. Blasien, Mayer, Peter, 1718-1800, and Nicolai, Georg, 18th cent.
"Lettre de M. Visconti ... à M. de Humboldt, sur quelques monumens des peuples américains" (p. 299-304) dated: Paris, le 12 décembre 1812. and Added t.p.: Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland. 1. ptie. Relation historique. Atlas pittoresque.