- Creator:
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Published / Created:
- 1762.
- Call Number:
- 1977 Folio 185 1
- Image Count:
- 149
- Description:
- BEIN 1977 Folio 185: Restricted. Permission of curator needed for use. Accompanied by facsimiles of plates, housed separately and classed as 1977 Folio 185 2; some original plates removed from volume and replaced with facsimiles; original plates which have been removed are housed with volume., At head of title: Ioannis Baptistae Piranesii. Antiqvariorvm regiae societatis Londinensis socii., Engraved t.-p.; there is also an added engraved t.-p.: Il Campo Marzio dell' antica Roma., With dedication: Roberto Adam Britanno architecto celeberrimo., In Latin and Italian., and Engraved illus. signed: Piranesi F.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Rome., Rome, and Campo Marzio (Rome, Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Architecture, Antiquities, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ... Campvs Martivs antiqvae vrbis ...
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- Published / Created:
- Novr 6th, 1821.
- Call Number:
- 821.11.06.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The crowded cabin tilts to the right, to the dismay of a family party dining at a table in the foreground. There is a second table in the background with a meal in progress. The cabin is bordered on left and right by two tiers of berths, apparently for two persons, set in panelling, and with curtains festooned along the upper edge. These are filled by suffering travellers. A bench runs along the front of the berths; other passengers sit on camp-stools. Phases of misery, discomfort, resignation, and (by exception) complacency are realistically illustrated. A sailor pushes a mop-stick through an open hatch in the roof."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Possibly after a design by Captain Frederick Marryat. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman. Watermark '1828' on mounting sheet., and Laid on album paper.
- Publisher:
- Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Str., London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Margate (England), England., and Margate.
- Subject (Topic):
- Packets, Motion sickness, Ocean travel, Description and travel, Travel, and Vomiting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Margate packet the effects of a squall, or a sudden shift of ballast / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661
- Published / Created:
- 1662.
- Call Number:
- Mhc9 F959 +P67 1662
- Image Count:
- 4
- Description:
- BEIN Mhc9 F959 +P67 1662: Map of Canaan (between p. 24 and 29, 1st count) wanting. Plan of Jerusalem from the Royal Magazine inserted facing p. 313., Added t.p. engraved, illus., and Irregular pagination, some leaves counted as leaves, some plates included in pagination.
- Publisher:
- Printed by R. Davenport for John Williams
- Subject (Geographic):
- Palestine and Jerusalem
- Subject (Topic):
- Geography, Jews, Antiquities, Historical geography, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the confines thereof : with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon
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- Published / Created:
- [1815?]
- Call Number:
- PLAYING CARDS GEN 397
- Image Count:
- 35
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 133: Title label on case shaved with place of publication wanting. Formerly owned by Julia Parker Wightman. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from slipcase., and Date inferred from reference to the re-establishment of a "legitimate monarchy" in France.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Asia, Europe, Africa, and America
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing Cards, Manners and customs, Costume, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A geographical description of the world : on 32 cards ; embellished with the dresses of the various nations
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 48
- Image Count:
- 93
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impressions in England of churches he visits; where he takes his meals; and the inhabitants he meets. After describing several churches in Liverpool, he writes, "I am broke of in this Part of my Description, as I think by some simpering or laughing; but on Enquiry I am supris'd to find it's some of my Female Acquaintance," which causes him, he writes, to lose the spirit to continue with his description. Elsewhere, he visits silk mills and describes the cost and workings of the machinery. At Nottingham, he notes that "most of the Inhabitants here are Presbyterians and I really believe I was in five different Meetings which I mistook for Churches, and at Length was so much vexed at being so often disappointed that I protested against looking further for one." Throughout, he records numerous encounters with women, including a landlord's daughter with whom he carries on a flirtation. The narrative is prefaced by an introduction addressed to "Madam," in which he speaks disapprovingly of women's coquetry, and mocks "our country-women who have been abroad," who "commonly return Home with Variety of odd Pronunciations, particular Gestures, & new Fashions, perhaps never known in any Part of the World, but the Production of their own fertile Brain."
- Description:
- Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman., In English., Index at end of manuscript., Leather oval bookplate inside front cover: Ex Musaeo Huthii., and Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration. Printed on spine: Narrative of a journey through England. MS. 1752.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A journey through England, 1752 May 8.
- Creator:
- Bell, Henry, Captain
- Call Number:
- Osborn fb139
- Image Count:
- 78
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a tour guide of Italy, including descriptions of notable sights as well as directions from "London to Rome as also from one Citie to another in all Ittaly." The text is organized by city, and "translated out of the high Germane into the English tongue by Captayne Henry Bell." Includes some verses in Latin and English
- Description:
- Phillipps MS 16427. and Binding: cloth covered boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy
- Subject (Name):
- Bell, Henry, Captain.
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry, Latin poetry, Travel, Description and travel, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A paradice of ye delights of Italy, [late 17th century].
- Creator:
- Chattock, Sarah
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 45
- Image Count:
- 18
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a copy by Mark Noble, with annotations, of his sister's diary of their tour through Derby and Stafford, recording their impressions of the counties' great houses and churches; and relating anecdotes and historical notes about the inhabitants, the churches and monuments, local legends and superstitions. She explores the town of Ashborne and Ashborne School, while a guest at Sandy Brook, the home of a Mrs. Gisborne; reminiscenses about Dr. Taylor and Dr. Johnson, and the students of Taylor's including the brother of the antiquarian Thomas Astle. In the chapel at Ashbourne Hall, she examines a monument Sir Brook Boothby had erected there in memory of his daughter Penelope and deplores his harsh treatment of his wife, said to have been a dwarf. In Derby, she passes by Sir Michael Gresley's seat, and relates details of their difficult relationship. She praises the furniture at Ilam Hall; visits John Gisborne's mansion at Sudbury; writes approvingly of his character; and concludes her narrative with a description of his wife and children. They visit Lichfield Cathedral and write about the monuments and renovations
- Description:
- Mrs. Sarah Chattock was the sister of the antiquarian Rev. Mark Noble (1754-1827)., In English., Binding: marbled paper. Written on front cover: Mrs. S. Chattock's Tour through Derby & Stafford Shires with note by her brother the Rev. Mark Noble., and For further infromation, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Derbyshire., Staffordshire., England., Derbyshire (England), and Staffordshire (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Ashbourne Hall (Ashbourne, England), Boothby, Brooke, 1743-1824., Bertram, Saint., Camden, William, 1551-1623. Britannia., Cokayne family., Chattock, Sarah., Greene, Richard, 1716-1793., Gisborne family., Gisborne, J. 1770-1851 (John),, Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846., Gresley family., Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, Laporte family., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Noble, Mark, 1754-1827., Taylor, John, 1711-1788., Ashbourne (England), Ilam Hall (Staffordshire, England), Lichfield Cathedral., and Sudbury Hall (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel, Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Conduct of life, Monuments, Sepulchral monuments, Travelers' writings, English, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tour through a part of the counties of Derby and Stafford : with various observations interspersed throughout the work by her brother The Reverend Mark Noble, F.A.S.s of London and Edinburgh, Rector of Barming in Kent, and domestic chaplain to George, Earl Leicester, written for the amusement and gratification of the parties and their friends, 1797
- Creator:
- Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 169
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Jephson's hand, of a parody of Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Using florid language throughout, the author explains his satiety with Dublin and determines to explore the countryside. Traveling with Dean Marlay, Mrs Greville and Mrs Jephson, he complains about the unsightly mendicants who mar the scenery; sings, along with his companions, the Beggar's Opera to pass the time; and runs over "pigs and children who were lying together in the middle of the highway." At Celbridge, he praises the landscape, estate, and the appearance of its owner, Colonel Marlay. The essay concludes with a description of the narrator's fall into the Liffey, and his rescue by catching hold of a passing cow and Horace Walpole has filled in Johnson's name and added "By Richard Jephson, Esqre" underneath the title
- Description:
- Robert Jephson (1736-1803), playwright and parodist, was born in Dublin. His first play, Braganza, was performed in 1775, with an epilogue by Horace Walpole. His most commercially successful play, performed 37 times between 1781 and 1798, was The Count of Narbonne, based on Walpole's Castle of Otranto as well as Walpole's play, Mysterious Mother. In addition to other plays, Jephson also wrote numerous parodic pieces, including a series in the government newspaper The Mercury under the title "The Bachelor." He parodied the style of the printer George Faulkner and criticized Charles Townshend's enemies in An Epistle to Gorges Edmund Howard (1771); wrote Extempore Ludicrous Miltonic Verses(1788); and wrote a prose piece titled Confessions of James Baptiste Couteau (1794), a satirical parody of revolutionary politics., In English., Title from first page., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Ireland., Celbridge (Ireland), and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Marlay, Richard, d. 1802., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Parodies, English, Poverty, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]
- Creator:
- Rolfe, John, 1585-1622
- Published / Created:
- 1616.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 567
- Image Count:
- 22
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of John Rolfe (1585-1622), A true relation of the state of Virginia, autograph manuscript
- Description:
- The author, best known for his part in the colonization of Virginia under the governorship of Sir Thomas Dale (d. 1619) and his marriage to the Indian princess Pocahontas (d. 1617), wrote this account after his return to England in 1616 to show the suitability of Virginia for colonization., In English., Script: Written in Gothica Cursiva (Secretary)., The acidity of the ink has damaged the paper., and Binding: Original paper wrappers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Virginia
- Subject (Name):
- Rolfe, John, 1585-1622.
- Subject (Topic):
- English literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A true relation of the state of Virginia
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.03.03.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man in Scottish dress kicks a bull as he cuts it with a knife crying, "Hoot! Damn yeen. Saul what de ye hoke for." Also pictured a abyssianian couple skin a lion. A sphynix with a confused look sits as a stream pours out from under his chair with a crocodile and crabs floating in the water and frogs observing from the side. Monkeys in the trees observe the scene below. A other four-legged animal emerges from the tent in the distance
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse on each side of title: There, which the squeamish souls of Britain shocks, ... ., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark (countermark) : V I.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 3, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Egypt, Ethiopia., and Nile River.
- Subject (Name):
- Bruce, James, 1730-1794
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel, Antiquities, Clothing & dress, Scottish, Bulls, Crabs, Crocodiles, Frogs, Lions, Monkeys, Tents, and Tourists
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An Abyssinian breakfast [graphic].