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Travelling Letter Book
Date: Dec 1901 - Mar 1902Reference: WF/E/01/02/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Viaggiana: or, detached remarks on the buildings, pictures, statues, inscriptions, &c. of ancient and modern Rome. With additional observations.
Weston, Stephen, 1747-1830.Date: 1790- Books
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A description of ancient Rome, containing a short account of the principal buildings, places, &c. noticed in the annexed plan of that city, drawn from an actual survey, by Leonardo Bufalino, in the year 1551; reduced to a smaller scale by J. B. Nolli, in 1748; and now republished: with references to the passages in M. Rollin's History of the Roman Republic, and M. Crevier's History of the Roman Emperors, where they are mentioned.
Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]- Books
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An historical description of ancient and modern Rome; also of the works of art, ... To which are added, a tour through the cities and towns in the environs ... and an account of the antiquities found at Gabia. carefully collated with the best authorities. By J. Salmon, ... In two volumes. Embellished with beautiful engravings ...
Salmon, J.Date: 1800- Books
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Observations and remarks in a journey through Sicily and Calabria, in the year 1791: with a postscript, containing some account of the ceremonies of the last holy week at Rome, and of a short excursion to Tivoli. By the Rev. Brian Hill, A. M. Late of Queen's College, Oxford, and Chaplain to the Earl of Leven and Melvill.
Hill, Brian, 1755 or 1756-1831.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Archives and manuscripts
Company-wide Newsletters & Journals (internal)
Date: 1942 - 2000Reference: WF/M/PB/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Wintering in the Riviera : with notes of travel in Italy and France, and practical hints to travellers / by William Miller.
Date: 1879- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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The antiquities of Italy. Being the travels of the learned and reverend Bernard de Montfaucon, from Paris through Italy, in the years 1698. and 1699. Containing I. An Account of several Antiquities at Vienne, Arles, Nismes, and Marseilles in France. II. The Delights of Italy, viz. Ancient Monuments, Libraries, Statues, Paintings, Tombs, Inscriptions, Epitaphs, Temples, Monasteries, Churches, Palaces, and other Curious Structures, most of them unobserv'd by all other Travellers. III. Collections of Rarities, wonderful Subterraneous Passages and Burial-Places, Old Roads, Gates, &c. with the Description of a Noble Monument found under Ground at Rome, in the Year M.DCC.II. Made English from the Paris edition, of the Latin original. Adorn'd with cuts. The second edition, revis'd throughout with large improvements, and Corrections, communicated by the Author to the Editor John Henley, M. A.
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741.Date: M.DCC.XXV. [1725]- Books
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The travels of the learned Father Montfaucon from Paris thro' Italy. Containing I. An Account of many Antiquities at Vienne, Arles, Nismes, and Marseilles in France. II. The Delights of Italy, viz. Libraries, Statues, Paintings, Churches, Monuments, Tombs, Inscriptions, Epitaphs, Temples, Monasteries, Palaces, and other Curious Structures. III. Collections of Rarities, wonderful Subterraneous Passages and Burial-Places, old Roads, Gates, &c. with the Description of a Noble Monument found under Ground at Rome Anno 1702. Made English from the Paris edition. Adorn'd With Cuts.
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741.Date: [1712]- 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 short account of a late journey to Tuscany, Rome, and other parts of Italy.
Date: [1741]- Books
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The travels of the learned Father Montfaucon from Paris thro' Italy. Containing I. An Account of many Antiquities at Vienne, Arles, Nismes, and Marseilles in France. II. The Delights of Italy, viz. Libraries, Manuscripts, Statues, Paintings, Monuments, Tombs, Inscriptions, Epitaphs, Temples, Monasteries, Churches, Palaces, and other Curious Structures. III. Collections of Rarities, wonderful Subterraneous Passages and Burial-Places, old Roads, Gates, &c. with the Description of a Noble Monument found under Ground at Rome Anno M.DCC.II. Made English from the Paris edition. Adorn'd with Cuts.
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 1655-1741.Date: M.DCC.XII. [1712]- Books
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An accurate description of the island and kingdom of Sicily; its provinces, towns and remarkable places, as well as the islands belonging to it: with an account of the public roads, for the benefit of Travellers; the Distance of one place from another, and what is worthy of Observation in each Place. Likewise, the origin and foundation of towns: - The Rarities which are to be seen in their Churches, Convents, Colleges, Hospitals, &c. Their Palaces described: And the Political Government of Sicily-The Names of the Great and Illustrious Men it produced, as well as of the present Principal Famalies residing in that Kingdom. To which is added, A narrative of the island and kingdom of Sardinia. The whole newly translated from the French, by D. Macnab, of His Majesty's Customs.
Avity, Pierre d', sieur de Montmartin, 1573-1635.Date: 1786- Books
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Sentimental letters on Italy; written in French by President Dupaty, in 1785. Published at Rome in 1788, and translated the same year by J. Povoleri, at Paris. ...
Dupaty, Charles-Marguerite-Jean-Baptiste Mercier, 1746-1788.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A journal from London to Rome, by way of Paris, Lyons, Turin, Florence, &c. and from Rome back to London, by way of Loretto, Venice, ... Milan, Strasburg, &c. By D. Jeffereys, ...
Jefferies, David, teacher of the modern languages.Date: [1755?]- 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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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: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- 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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Viaggiana: or, detached remarks on the buildings, pictures, statues, inscriptions, &c. of ancient and modern Rome. With additional observations.
Weston, Stephen, 1747-1830.Date: 1797- Books
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A tour through Italy. Containing full directions for travelling in that interesting country; with ample catalogues of every thing that is curious in architecture, painting, sculpture, &c. some Observations on the Natural History, and Very Particular Descriptions of the Four Principal Cities, Rome, Florence, Naples, and Venice, with their Environs. With a coloured chart. By Thomas Martyn, B.D. F.R.S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge.
Martyn, Thomas, 1735-1825.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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Travels in the Two Sicilies, and some parts of the Apennines. Translated from the original Italian of the Abbe Lazzaro Spallanzani, ... In four volumes. - With eleven plates. ...
Spallanzani, Lazzaro, 1729-1799.Date: 1798- Books
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A new account of Italy. Containing a description of all its countries, the various constitutions, under several sovereign princes and states, their strength, riches, revenues, trade, and coins, their curiosities, rarities, and wonders, the customs, manners, and trade of the people. Together with a particular description of Rome, Venice, Genoa, Millain, and all the other remarkable cities.
Date: 1701- Books
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A collection of some of the finest prospects in Italy, with short remarks on them, by Abbate R. Venuti Antiquarian to the Pope, and Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Engraved by various celebrated engravers at Rome. Vol.I.
Venuti, Ridolfino, 1705-1763.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
Osler and Italy : an intermittent love story / Luca Borghi.
Borghi, Luca, 1962-Date: [2019]