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1. Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 1 of 3]
- Creator:
- Vincent, George
- Published / Created:
- 1822, n.d.
- Call Number:
- Osborn d398
- Collection Title:
- Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland, &c, 1822 Jul-Sep
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 2
- Image Count:
- 11
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary of Vincent's travels in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium with "Mr. Payne and his son William." Apparently from Leeds, Vincent records his impressions of scenery, the countryside and "romantic views;" roads and bridges; the conditions of towns and cities; and tourist attractions. These included major cathedrals, museums, monuments such as the tribute to the Swiss Guards who died at the Tuilleries in 1792; the battlefield at Marengo, and sites dedicated to Voltaire, Erasmus, and Gibbon., The party returned to England via Strasbourg and Belgium, where Vincent admired Brussels and toured the battlefield of Waterloo. After a rough Channel crossing, Vincent concluded his diary with "Thank God, we once more set foot on British ground.", Vincent paid particular attention to Lyons, where he remarks on the city's bloody Revolutionary history and saw "Madame Sarqui the famous rope dancer." In the Swiss Alps, he viewed "Mont Blanc by moonlight," described the progress of the constructions of the new Simplon road, and stayed at the Hospice of St. Bernard, noting an evening of musical entertainment by English ladies and admiring the "good-tempered and tractable dogs." Vincent,however, preferred "Protestant" Zurich, where "the people are cleaner and looked more happy and comfortable." Perhaps due to his lack of German, he makes no note of conversations during three days of sharing a diligence with "a Prussian gentleman, Dr. Schoppenhauer" between Domodossola and Locarno., and With: manuscript and printed ephemera including Vincent's French passport; notes on sights to see in Paris and Germany; hotel bills; cards; printed advertisement of books for "Travellers on the Continent" printed by S. Leigh; and two white metal souvenir medals of Strasbourg.
- Description:
- Blanks not digitized., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Some items numbered in pencil. Folders contain items in irregular order.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Switzerland--description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Schopenhauer, Arthur,--1788-1860 and Vincent, George
- Subject (Topic):
- Tourism--France, Tourism--Switzerland, and Travelers' writings, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 1 of 3]
2. Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 2 of 3]
- Creator:
- Vincent, George
- Published / Created:
- 1822, n.d.
- Call Number:
- Osborn d398
- Collection Title:
- Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland, &c, 1822 Jul-Sep
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 3
- Image Count:
- 10
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary of Vincent's travels in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium with "Mr. Payne and his son William." Apparently from Leeds, Vincent records his impressions of scenery, the countryside and "romantic views;" roads and bridges; the conditions of towns and cities; and tourist attractions. These included major cathedrals, museums, monuments such as the tribute to the Swiss Guards who died at the Tuilleries in 1792; the battlefield at Marengo, and sites dedicated to Voltaire, Erasmus, and Gibbon., The party returned to England via Strasbourg and Belgium, where Vincent admired Brussels and toured the battlefield of Waterloo. After a rough Channel crossing, Vincent concluded his diary with "Thank God, we once more set foot on British ground.", Vincent paid particular attention to Lyons, where he remarks on the city's bloody Revolutionary history and saw "Madame Sarqui the famous rope dancer." In the Swiss Alps, he viewed "Mont Blanc by moonlight," described the progress of the constructions of the new Simplon road, and stayed at the Hospice of St. Bernard, noting an evening of musical entertainment by English ladies and admiring the "good-tempered and tractable dogs." Vincent,however, preferred "Protestant" Zurich, where "the people are cleaner and looked more happy and comfortable." Perhaps due to his lack of German, he makes no note of conversations during three days of sharing a diligence with "a Prussian gentleman, Dr. Schoppenhauer" between Domodossola and Locarno., and With: manuscript and printed ephemera including Vincent's French passport; notes on sights to see in Paris and Germany; hotel bills; cards; printed advertisement of books for "Travellers on the Continent" printed by S. Leigh; and two white metal souvenir medals of Strasbourg.
- Description:
- Blanks not digitized., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Some items numbered in pencil. Folders contain items in irregular order.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Switzerland--description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Schopenhauer, Arthur,--1788-1860 and Vincent, George
- Subject (Topic):
- Tourism--France, Tourism--Switzerland, and Travelers' writings, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 2 of 3]
3. Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 3 of 3]
- Creator:
- Vincent, George
- Published / Created:
- 1822, n.d.
- Call Number:
- Osborn d398
- Collection Title:
- Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland, &c, 1822 Jul-Sep
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 4
- Image Count:
- 7
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary of Vincent's travels in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium with "Mr. Payne and his son William." Apparently from Leeds, Vincent records his impressions of scenery, the countryside and "romantic views;" roads and bridges; the conditions of towns and cities; and tourist attractions. These included major cathedrals, museums, monuments such as the tribute to the Swiss Guards who died at the Tuilleries in 1792; the battlefield at Marengo, and sites dedicated to Voltaire, Erasmus, and Gibbon., The party returned to England via Strasbourg and Belgium, where Vincent admired Brussels and toured the battlefield of Waterloo. After a rough Channel crossing, Vincent concluded his diary with "Thank God, we once more set foot on British ground.", Vincent paid particular attention to Lyons, where he remarks on the city's bloody Revolutionary history and saw "Madame Sarqui the famous rope dancer." In the Swiss Alps, he viewed "Mont Blanc by moonlight," described the progress of the constructions of the new Simplon road, and stayed at the Hospice of St. Bernard, noting an evening of musical entertainment by English ladies and admiring the "good-tempered and tractable dogs." Vincent,however, preferred "Protestant" Zurich, where "the people are cleaner and looked more happy and comfortable." Perhaps due to his lack of German, he makes no note of conversations during three days of sharing a diligence with "a Prussian gentleman, Dr. Schoppenhauer" between Domodossola and Locarno., and With: manuscript and printed ephemera including Vincent's French passport; notes on sights to see in Paris and Germany; hotel bills; cards; printed advertisement of books for "Travellers on the Continent" printed by S. Leigh; and two white metal souvenir medals of Strasbourg.
- Description:
- Blanks not digitized., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Some items numbered in pencil. Folders contain items in irregular order.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Switzerland--description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Schopenhauer, Arthur,--1788-1860 and Vincent, George
- Subject (Topic):
- Tourism--France, Tourism--Switzerland, and Travelers' writings, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland [Notes and ephemera, folder 3 of 3]
4. Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland, &c, 1822 Jul-Sep
- Creator:
- Vincent, George
- Published / Created:
- 1822 July-September
- Call Number:
- Osborn d398
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 87
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary of Vincent's travels in France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium with "Mr. Payne and his son William." Apparently from Leeds, Vincent records his impressions of scenery, the countryside and "romantic views;" roads and bridges; the conditions of towns and cities; and tourist attractions. These included major cathedrals, museums, monuments such as the tribute to the Swiss Guards who died at the Tuilleries in 1792; the battlefield at Marengo, and sites dedicated to Voltaire, Erasmus, and Gibbon., The party returned to England via Strasbourg and Belgium, where Vincent admired Brussels and toured the battlefield of Waterloo. After a rough Channel crossing, Vincent concluded his diary with "Thank God, we once more set foot on British ground.", Vincent paid particular attention to Lyons, where he remarks on the city's bloody Revolutionary history and saw "Madame Sarqui the famous rope dancer." In the Swiss Alps, he viewed "Mont Blanc by moonlight," described the progress of the constructions of the new Simplon road, and stayed at the Hospice of St. Bernard, noting an evening of musical entertainment by English ladies and admiring the "good-tempered and tractable dogs." Vincent,however, preferred "Protestant" Zurich, where "the people are cleaner and looked more happy and comfortable." Perhaps due to his lack of German, he makes no note of conversations during three days of sharing a diligence with "a Prussian gentleman, Dr. Schoppenhauer" between Domodossola and Locarno., and With: manuscript and printed ephemera including Vincent's French passport; notes on sights to see in Paris and Germany; hotel bills; cards; printed advertisement of books for "Travellers on the Continent" printed by S. Leigh; and two white metal souvenir medals of Strasbourg.
- Description:
- Binding: contemporary dark morocco wallet binding with yellow kid lining; pockets lined with marbled paper. Brass plate and clasp. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Switzerland--description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Schopenhauer, Arthur,--1788-1860 and Vincent, George
- Subject (Topic):
- Tourism--France, Tourism--Switzerland, and Travelers' writings, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes made during a journey thro' part of France, Switzerland, &c, 1822 Jul-Sep
5. Notebook containing a travel journal for 1859
- Creator:
- Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888
- Published / Created:
- 1859-1871
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS FILE 497
- Image Count:
- 88
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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):
- Switzerland--description and travel
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notebook containing a travel journal for 1859
6. Journal, 1814 Aug 9 - 1815 May 31.
- Creator:
- Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836
- Published / Created:
- 1814 Aug 9 - 1815 May 31
- Call Number:
- Osborn d293
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a travel diary of the author's tour of Germany, Switzerland and Italy while first chamberlain for Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, queen consort of George IV. Sailing from Worthing in Sussex in attendance on her, Gell describes the topography of the countries he visits and illustrates it with maps and pen sketches, including mountain ranges in Geneva; an outline of the mountains of the Vosges and the different rock formations there; and a sketch of the Rhone. He discusses the effects on the countryside of the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte; describes Mont Blanc and the attempts to reach its summit; mentions the people he meets, in particular members of the Italian nobility as well as scientists and mathematicians; and visits museums and works of art. He also includes observations on rocks, mines, minerals, fossils, an insane asylum, a school for deaf mutes, and an epidemic of pellagra. and Sir William Gell (1777-1836) was a classical archaeologist and topographer. From 1804 to 1806 he traveled in Greece and the neighboring islands. In 1807, he was elected a member of the Society of Dilettanti and a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1811 the Society of Dilettanti commissioned him to explore Greece and Asia Minor, resulting in several publications on topography, including Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca and Itinerary of Greece. He was knighted in 1814, and died at Naples in 1836.
- Alternative Title:
- Journal in Germany, Switzerland & Italy.
- Description:
- At beginning of volume: itinerary of cities visited and distance in miles., At end of volume: list of notable Italians; and a list of English travelers at Naples in the winter of 1814-15., Binding: half calf over marbled boards. In gilt on cover: Journal in Germany. Switzerland. & Italy., Imperfect: pagination in volume after p. 125 excludes blank pages., and Pasted inside front cover: bookplate of Robert Edward Way.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Switzerland--description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Geology--Europe, Nobility--Italy, Topography, and Travelers' writings, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal, 1814 Aug 9 - 1815 May 31.
7. Voyages dans les Alpes, : précédés d'Un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve, / par Horace-Bénedict de Saussure, ...
- Creator:
- Bourrit, Marc-Théodore, 1739-1819
Saussure, Horace Bénédict de, 1740-1799
Saussure, Horace Bénédict de, 1740-1799. Essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève
Saussure, Nicolas Thédore de, 1767-1845 - Published / Created:
- M.DCCC.LXXIX.-MDCCXCVI. [1779-1796]
- Call Number:
- 1998 +200
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- Essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève. and Voyages de Saussure
- Description:
- Errata: v. 1, p. XXXVI., Illustrations by M.T. Bourrit, Théodore de Saussure and others., Includes index., and T. 1, p. 385-392 (signature 3C) wanting. Misbound: t. 1, signatures 3E and 3K misbound. Manuscript annotations of Jean André de Luc (1763-1847).
- Publisher:
- Chez Samuel Fauche, imprimeur et libraire du roi.,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Geneva (Switzerland)--Description and
- Subject (Name):
- Luc, J. A. de--(Jean André),--1763-1847--Ms. notes and Saussure, Horace Bénédict de,--1740-1799--Presentation inscription to M. De Luc
- Subject (Topic):
- Geology--Alps--Early works to 1800 and Physical geography--Alps--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Voyages dans les Alpes, : précédés d'Un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve, / par Horace-Bénedict de Saussure, ...
8. Le Grand sceau de la confederation suisse et le costume des huissiers des XXII cantons
- Published / Created:
- 1843 or 1844
- Call Number:
- Osborn d388
- Collection Title:
- Manuscript journal from September 1843 to April 1844, 1843-1844
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Image depicts the twenty-two states of the Swiss Confederation of 1843 or 1844, the different types of dress found among the people of these regions, and the traveling distances between those regions.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Switzerland --Description and travel
- Subject (Topic):
- Tourism, Travelers, and Travelers writings
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le Grand sceau de la confederation suisse et le costume des huissiers des XXII cantons
9. Diary, 1647 Jul 22 - 1649 Jun 29; 1654 Jun 9 - 1655 Nov 13; 1658 Mar 25 -1660 Aug 1.
- Creator:
- Colebrande, Richard, ca. 1614-1674.
- Published / Created:
- 1647-1660
- Call Number:
- Osborn b266
- Image Count:
- 146
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Autograph 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."
- Description:
- For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., With 18th century bookplate of Lord Walpole of Wolterton., and Written from from and back. Paginated [i-x], 1-[59] from back.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Switzerland--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Brett, Samuel,--fl. 1655.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gilding., Jews--History., Jews--Hungary., Precious stones, Artificial., and Varnish and varnishing.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary, 1647 Jul 22 - 1649 Jun 29; 1654 Jun 9 - 1655 Nov 13; 1658 Mar 25 -1660 Aug 1.