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Travels through France and Italy. Containing observations on Character, Customs, Religion, Government, Police, Commerce, Arts, and Antiquities. With a particular description of the town, territory, and climate of Nice: to which is added, a register of the weather, kept during a residence of eighteen months in that city. By T. Smollett, M.D. The second edition. In two volumes. ...
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Archives and manuscripts
'Safari diaries' - accounts of Denis Burkitt's travels
Date: 1956-1976Reference: WTI/DPB/D/1Part of: Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)- Books
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A view of society and manners in Italy: ... By John Moore, M.D. In two volumes. ...
Moore, John, 1729-1802.Date: 1787- Archives and manuscripts
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Composite manuscript of medical works in Italian and Latin (Miscellanea Medica I)
Date: Early 14th century - Late 17th CenturyReference: MS.531- Books
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A sentimental journey. Intended as a sequel to Mr. Sterne's. Through Italy, Switzerland, and France. In two volumes. By Mr. Shandy. ...
Shandy, Mr.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Books
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Travels into Turkey: containing the most accurate account of the Turks, and neighbouring nations, Their Manners, Customs, Religion, Superstition, Policy, Riches, Coins, &c. The whole being a series of remarkable observations and events, interspers'd with great variety of entertaining incidents, never before printed. Translated from the original latin of the learned A. G. Busbequius. With Memoirs of the Life of the Illustitious Author.
Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de, 1522-1592.Date: M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]- Books
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Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703. By Joseph Addison, Esq;
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
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Letters and observations, written in a short tour through France and Italy. By a gentleman.
Beckford, Peter, 1740-1811.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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A voyage to Sicily and Malta, written by Mr. John Dryden, Junior, when he accompanied Mr. Cecill in that expedition, in the years 1700 and 1701.
Dryden, John, 1668-1701.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A tour through Sicily and Malta. In a series of letters to William Beckford, Esq. Of Somerly in Suffolk; from P. Brydone, F.R.S. In two volumes. ...
Brydone, P. (Patrick), 1736-1818.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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A tour through Sicily and Malta. In a series of letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk; from P. Brydone, F. R. S. In Two Volumes. ...
Brydone, P. (Patrick), 1736-1818.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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Old Rome and London compared, the first in its full glory, and the last in its present state. By which it plainly Appears, That Lipsivs and Vossivs are Egregiously Mistaken, in their Over-Stretched, Fulsom, and Hyperbolical Account of Old Rome; And That London, as it is at Present, Exceeds it much in its Extent, Populousness and many other Advantages. The second edition. To which is added, a comparison between the beauties, &c. of old Rome and London. By a person of quality.
Souligné, de.Date: 1710- Books
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England's bloody tribunal: or, popish cruelty displayed. Containing a compleat account of the lives, religious principles, cruel persecutions, sufferings, tortures, and triumphant deaths, of the most pious English Protestant martyrs, Who have sealed the Faith of our Holy Religion with their Blood. Exhibiting A full View of Popery, with all its superstitious and horrid Practices; and tending to promote the Protestant Religion, by displaying the Errors of Popish Idolatry, and confirming the true Believer in the Faith of Our Blessed Redeemer, who was crucified for our Sins, and rose again for our Justification, and now sitteth at the Right Hand of God, making Intercession for us. To Which IS Added, A faithful Narrative of the many hortid Cruelties and Persecutions that have been inflicted by the Roman Catholics on the Protestants of Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany. With A particular Description of the various Tortares and Barbarities, that are practiced by the Inquisition in Different Parts of the World. Also The Lives of the Primitive Reformers, whose Effigies are given in the Frontispiece to the Work. Together With A full and plain Refutation of the Errors of the Romish Church, laid down in such a Manner as to enable the unlearned Protestants to confute the chief Arguments of the most artful Popish Priests and their Emissaries. By the Reverend Matthew Taylor, D. D. By the King's Authority.
Taylor, Matthew, D.D.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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Letters from Italy, between the years 1792 and 1798, containing a view of the revolutions in that country, from the capture of Nice by the French Republic to the expulsion of Pius VI. from the ecclesiastical state: Likewise pointing out The matchless Works of Art which still embellish Pisa, Florence, Siena, Rome, Naples, Bologna, Venice, &c. With Instructions For the Use of Invalids and Families Who may not choose to incur the Expence attendant upon travelling with a Courier. By Mariana Starke, Author of the Widow of Malabar, the Tournament, &c. In two volumes. ...
Starke, Mariana, 1762?-1838.Date: 1800- Books
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Viaggiana: or, detached remarks on the buildings, pictures, statues, inscriptions, &c. of ancient and modern Rome.
Weston, Stephen, 1747-1830.Date: [1776?]- Books
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A tour through Sicily and Malta. In a series of letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk; from P. Brydone, F.R.S. In two volumes. The third edition, corrected and enlarged. ...
Brydone, P. (Patrick), 1736-1818.Date: MDCC,LXXV [1775]- Books
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Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily. Translated from the German of Frederic Leopold Count Stolberg, by Thomas Holcroft. In two volumes. ...
Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu, 1750-1819.Date: 1796-97- Books
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Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily. Translated from the German of Frederic Leopold Count Stolberg, by Thomas Holcroft. In four volumes. ...
Stolberg, Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu, 1750-1819.Date: 1797- Books
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Bishop Burnet's travels through France, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland: ... Written by the Bishop to the Honourable Robert Boyle. To which is added, an appendix, containing remarks on Switzerland and Italy, by a person of quality, ... A table of contents and a character o the Bishop and his writings.
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.Date: 1750- Books
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Bishop Burnet's travels through Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, &c. Containing An Account of what seem'd most remarkable in those Parts. Communicated by him, in several Letters, to the Honourable Robt. Boyle, Esq; To which is added, an appendix, containing some remarks on Switzerland and Italy, writ by a person of quality, and communicated to the Author.
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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County curiosities, Or, a New Description of Gloucestershire. Containing I. A particular survey of the county, both geographical and historical. II. An Ample and Accurate Account of all the Boroughs, Market Towns, Villages, Rivers, Royal - Places Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats. III. The Fairs, Trade, Commerce, and Product of the Same. IV Of the Rarities both Natural and Artificial. V. Of the eminent persons born, or who have resided in them, and of the extraordinary events that have happened there.
Date: 1757- Books
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Dr. Stearns's tour from London to Paris. Containing, A description of the Kingdom of France - the customs, manners, polity, science, commerce, and agriculture of the inhabitants -Its Ancient form of Government,-And the New-Particulars concerning the Royal Family-Causes of the late Revolution-Proceedings and Decrees of the National Assembly-An Account of the Destruction of the Bastille, and of many dreadful Commotions which have happened in the Nation-With a minute Detail of the late grand Proceedings at the Champ De Mars. - The whole interspersed with a Variety of Reflections, humourous, moral, critical, and philosophical. After which is delineated, a new constitution: with a description of the road to liberty.
Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
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Some letters, containing an account of what seem'd most remarkable in travelling through Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, &c. In the years 1685, and 1686. Written by G. Burnet, ... To which is added an appendix, containing some remarks on Switzerland and Italy: writ by a person of quality, ...
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.Date: 1708- Books
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Roma illustrata: or, a description of the most beautiful pieces of painting, sculpture, and architecture, antique and modern, at and near Rome.
Raguenet, François, 1660?-1722.Date: M.DCC.XXIII. [1723]- Books
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Journal of travels made through the principal cities of Europe: Wherein The Time employed in Going from Post to Post is marked in Hours and Minutes; the Distances in English Miles, measured by Means of a Perambulator fastened to the Chaise; Produce of the Different Countries; Population of the Towns; and Remarkable Curiosities in the Cities and the Roads: together with an account of the best inns, &c. To Which IS Subjoined, A Comparative View of the Different Monies, and that of Itinerary and Lineal Measures, as well as the Price of Post-Horses in Different Countries. Translated from the French of M.L. Dutens, Member of the Royal Academy of Inseriptions and Belles Lettres at Paris, and Fellow of the Royal Society, London, by John Highmore, Gent. To which is added, an appendix: containing the Roads of Italy; With some Useful Tables and Hints to Strangers who Travel in France.
Dutens, L. (Louis), 1730-1812.Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]