18 letters to Joseph Barrett, a goldsmith in Cheapside, 15 of which were written by his brother Richard Barrett between 1715 and 1720. The two earliest letters are from Tewkesbury, announcing riots in Worcester and Richard's intention of going to Scotland. The next letters, written from Paris between February and June of 1719, describe the sights of Paris and Versailles; clothing styles and customs of the French; High Mass at Notre Dame celebrated by the Cardinal de Noailles; and some political gossip, including the illness of the duchesse de Berry and the first reports of the marriage between the Young Pretender and Maria Clementina, Princess Sobieski, at which "the Jacobites here flatter themselves with...Hope." and Richard's letters from Leiden, written between October 1719 and April 1720, contain his impressions of the city; news of his health and financial situation; his desire to "take his degree" in medicine there; and his investment advice to his brother during the "prodigious rise in Stocks" on the London and Amsterdam exchanges in April 1720. The collection also contains two letters to Joseph Barrett from Anthony Bewly, describing Amsterdam and his business there, and one from Elizabeth Bostock, containing family news.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Descriptionandtravel
Subject (Name):
Barrett, Richard,--fl. 1720
Subject (Topic):
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, Jacobites, and South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
18 letters to Joseph Barrett, a goldsmith in Cheapside, 15 of which were written by his brother Richard Barrett between 1715 and 1720. The two earliest letters are from Tewkesbury, announcing riots in Worcester and Richard's intention of going to Scotland. The next letters, written from Paris between February and June of 1719, describe the sights of Paris and Versailles; clothing styles and customs of the French; High Mass at Notre Dame celebrated by the Cardinal de Noailles; and some political gossip, including the illness of the duchesse de Berry and the first reports of the marriage between the Young Pretender and Maria Clementina, Princess Sobieski, at which "the Jacobites here flatter themselves with...Hope." and Richard's letters from Leiden, written between October 1719 and April 1720, contain his impressions of the city; news of his health and financial situation; his desire to "take his degree" in medicine there; and his investment advice to his brother during the "prodigious rise in Stocks" on the London and Amsterdam exchanges in April 1720. The collection also contains two letters to Joseph Barrett from Anthony Bewly, describing Amsterdam and his business there, and one from Elizabeth Bostock, containing family news.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Descriptionandtravel
Subject (Name):
Barrett, Richard,--fl. 1720
Subject (Topic):
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, Jacobites, and South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
18 letters to Joseph Barrett, a goldsmith in Cheapside, 15 of which were written by his brother Richard Barrett between 1715 and 1720. The two earliest letters are from Tewkesbury, announcing riots in Worcester and Richard's intention of going to Scotland. The next letters, written from Paris between February and June of 1719, describe the sights of Paris and Versailles; clothing styles and customs of the French; High Mass at Notre Dame celebrated by the Cardinal de Noailles; and some political gossip, including the illness of the duchesse de Berry and the first reports of the marriage between the Young Pretender and Maria Clementina, Princess Sobieski, at which "the Jacobites here flatter themselves with...Hope." and Richard's letters from Leiden, written between October 1719 and April 1720, contain his impressions of the city; news of his health and financial situation; his desire to "take his degree" in medicine there; and his investment advice to his brother during the "prodigious rise in Stocks" on the London and Amsterdam exchanges in April 1720. The collection also contains two letters to Joseph Barrett from Anthony Bewly, describing Amsterdam and his business there, and one from Elizabeth Bostock, containing family news.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Descriptionandtravel
Subject (Name):
Barrett, Richard,--fl. 1720
Subject (Topic):
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, Jacobites, and South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
18 letters to Joseph Barrett, a goldsmith in Cheapside, 15 of which were written by his brother Richard Barrett between 1715 and 1720. The two earliest letters are from Tewkesbury, announcing riots in Worcester and Richard's intention of going to Scotland. The next letters, written from Paris between February and June of 1719, describe the sights of Paris and Versailles; clothing styles and customs of the French; High Mass at Notre Dame celebrated by the Cardinal de Noailles; and some political gossip, including the illness of the duchesse de Berry and the first reports of the marriage between the Young Pretender and Maria Clementina, Princess Sobieski, at which "the Jacobites here flatter themselves with...Hope." and Richard's letters from Leiden, written between October 1719 and April 1720, contain his impressions of the city; news of his health and financial situation; his desire to "take his degree" in medicine there; and his investment advice to his brother during the "prodigious rise in Stocks" on the London and Amsterdam exchanges in April 1720. The collection also contains two letters to Joseph Barrett from Anthony Bewly, describing Amsterdam and his business there, and one from Elizabeth Bostock, containing family news.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)--Descriptionandtravel
Subject (Name):
Barrett, Richard,--fl. 1720
Subject (Topic):
Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, Jacobites, and South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
Holograph manuscript journal of a seven-week tour through France, Germany and Switzerland taken by Stocker, Apothecary to Guys Hospital, in the company of the Tupper family, including the 19 year old Martin Farquhar Tupper. He gives detailed descriptions
Subject (Geographic):
France --Descriptionandtravel
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 --Influence, Stocker, Richard, and Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), 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--Descriptionandtravel.
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):
France--Descriptionandtravel.
Subject (Name):
Chester family. and Turner, Thomas,--fl. 1659-1662.
Subject (Topic):
Fortification--Design., Fortification--Europe., Tourism--Europe., and Travelers' writings, English.
Autograph manuscript notebook documenting Arnold's tour of France, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland from March through August of 1859. Arnold traveled as Foreign Assistant Commissioner to the Newcastle Commission on Elementary Education, and many of the entries record official meetings connected with the commission's business, as well as Arnold's own observations on Continental educational systems, particularly those of France. In addition, Arnold notes his meetings with French authors and critics, including Sainte-Beuve, Villemain, Guizot, Mérimée, and Montalembert. Later entries consist almost entirely of quotations from Arnold's reading, particularly of French authors.
Description:
Ex libris A. Edward Newton. Ex libris Arthur A. Houghton. Purchased from Stonehill (Christie's sale, 1979 June 13, lot 14), on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1979. and Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet and literary and social critic.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Descriptionandtravel
Subject (Name):
Guizot, M. (François), 1787-1874, Houghton, Arthur A. (Arthur Amory), 1906-1990--Bookplate, Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870, Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de, 1810-1870, Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940--Bookplate, Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869, and Villemain, M. (Abel-François), 1790-1870
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century, Education, Compulsory--France, Education, Compulsory--Great Britain, Education, Elementary--France, Education, Elementary--Great Britain, and Travelers' writings, English
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):
France--Descriptionandtravel.
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.
Holograph diary, apparently incomplete, of a Continental tour from London through France, Belgium and Germany, ending near Zurich. The author, probably a young woman traveling with her family, lists sights seen, miles traveled, and towns passed through. The author is particularly interested in minute details of women's clothing and jewelry; encounters with peasants and beggars; "blasphemous" roadside shrines featuring the Virgin Mary and Christ crucified; natural wonders; and museum displays of natural history. The author comments at length on the family's "deeply affecting" visit to the site of Waterloo; a tour of a seltzer bottling plant in Schlagenbach; "Mamma's" trouble with customs officials in Germany; and the museum at Bonn.
Description:
Binding: original quarter-roan marbled boards. and Purchased from Patrick King Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2005.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Descriptionandtravel
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--Europe, Travelers' writings, English, and Women travelers