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- Creator:
- Cope, John, Sir, d. 1721.
- Published / Created:
- [1656]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b413
- Image Count:
- 50
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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.
- 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.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A briefe description of what I have seen most remarquable in France, [1656].
3.
- Creator:
- Martel, Pierre, 1718-
Windham, William, 1717-1761 - Published / Created:
- 1744
- Call Number:
- Sb27 99
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- The first letter is by William Windham. and Translated from the French.
- Publisher:
- P. Martel,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alps, French (France)--Description and
- Subject (Topic):
- Glaciers--France and Glaciers--Italy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters, one from an English gentleman to his friend at Geneva; the other from Peter Martel, engineer, to the said English gntleman [sic]... As laid before the Royal Society.
- Published / Created:
- 1829 May 28-June.11
- Call Number:
- Osborn d456
- Image Count:
- 52
- Abstract:
- Holograph journal, illustrated, describing a brief trip from Weymouth to Guernsey, Jersey, Nantes and the Loire valley. The opening of the diary details sights seen in the Channel Islands, including the fort at Guernsey; the "druid's altars" (dolmens); and the pillorying of a man in St. Helier. Once in France, the author takes a particular interest in buidlings and gardens, including Chateaubriant, La Trappe, Clisson, and the "Lemont Villa" near Garenne; modes of transportation, from dilgence to barge; and the varying quality of French hotels and restaurants. and The volume is illustrated with 45 drawings in pen and ink and watercolor. Subjects include the dolmens on Guernsey (4 drawings) and the pillory in St. Helier; all of the chateaux and gardens named in the text (multiple views of most); buildings, street scenes, and gardens in Nantes; transport by donkey, horse, oxcart, omnibus, and boat; and several genre scenes, including one of a cow being inflated by a bellows.
- Description:
- Annotated on front cover: Guernsey-Nantes. 28 May 1829/11 June., Binding: contemporary brown sheep; blindstamped corkscrew border., and Journal in two sections; portion at end written from other direction.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France--Description and travel
- Subject (Topic):
- Travelers' writings, English and Watercolor painting--19th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Travel diary of a journey from Guernsey to Nantes, 1829 May-Jun.
- Call Number:
- JWJ Zan B816 852T
- Collection Title:
- Three years in Europe: or, Places I have seen and people I have met. By W. Wells Brown, a fugitive
- Image Count:
- 2
- Subject (Geographic):
- France --Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 --portraits, Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874 --Presentation inscription from W.W. Brown., and Woodman, Richard, 1784-1859, engraver
- Subject (Topic):
- Slavery --United States --Anti-slavery movements and Slavery --United States --Fugitive slaves
- Collection Created:
- London, C. Gilpin ... 1852
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Title and selected pages]
- Call Number:
- JWJ Zan B816 852tb
- Collection Title:
- The American fugitive in Europe : sketches of places and people abroad / by Wm. Wells Brown, with a
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- An enlarged edition of the author’s Three years in Europe, published in London, 1852.
- Description:
- On t.p. verso: 1858 Sept. 6, Gift of Rev. T. W. Higginson of Worcester.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France --Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 --portraits and Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911, inscription
- Subject (Topic):
- Slavery --United States --Anti-slavery movements and Slavery --United States --Fugitive slaves
- Collection Created:
- Boston : J.P. Jewett and company ; New York : Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman; [etc., etc.], 1855
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Title and selected pages]
- Creator:
- Bewly, Anthony
- Published / Created:
- 1719 June 13
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 89
- Collection Title:
- Letters to Joseph Barrett, 1715-1723.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 16
- Image Count:
- 3
- Abstract:
- 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)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Bewly, Anthony
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, Jacobites, and South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter: Anthony Bewly to Joseph Barrett]
- Creator:
- Bewly, Anthony
- Published / Created:
- 1719 July 25
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 89
- Collection Title:
- Letters to Joseph Barrett, 1715-1723.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 17
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- 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)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Bewly, Anthony
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, Jacobites, and South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter: Anthony Bewly to Joseph Barrett]
- Creator:
- Bostock, Elizabeth
- Published / Created:
- 1723 December 9
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 89
- Collection Title:
- Letters to Joseph Barrett, 1715-1723.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 18
- Image Count:
- 3
- Abstract:
- 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)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Bostock, Elizabeth
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, Jacobites, and South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter: Elizabeth Bostock to Joseph Barrett]
- Creator:
- Barrett, Richard,--fl. 1720
- Published / Created:
- 1715 July 15
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 89
- Collection Title:
- Letters to Joseph Barrett, 1715-1723.
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- 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)--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Barrett, Richard,--fl. 1720
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1715, Jacobites, and South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter: Richard Barrett to Joseph Barrett]