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  • Remarks on several parts of Europe: relating chiefly to the history, antiquities and geography, of those countries through which the author has travel'd; As France, the Low Countries, Lorrain, Alsatia, Germany, Savoy, Tyrol, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Illustrated with several maps, Plans, and above Forty Copper Plates. ... . By J. Breval, Esq; late Fellow of Trinity College in Cambridge.

    • Breval, John, 1680?-1738.
    Date
    1726
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  • The travels of the late Charles Thompson, Esq; containing his observations on France, Italy, Turkey in Europe, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt, and many other parts of the world: giving a particular and faithful account of what is most remarkable in the manners, religion, polity, antiquities, and natural history of those countries: with a curious description of Jerusalem, as it now appears, and other places mention'd in the Holy Scriptures. The whole forming a compleat view of the ancient and modern state of great part of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Publish'd from the author's original manuscript, interspers'd with the remarks of several other modern travellers, and illustrated with historical, geographical, and miscellaneous notes by the editor. Adorn'd with maps and prints. In three volumes.

    • Thompson, Charles, active 1750.
    Date
    MDCCXLIV. [1744]
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  • Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague. Written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Which contain, Among other curious Relations, Accounts of the Policy and Manners of the Turks; drawn from sources that have been inaccessible to other travellers. In two volumes. ...

    • Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.
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    MDCCXCIII. [1793]
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  • Holidays on high lands, or, Rambles and incidents in search of Alpine plants / by Hugh Macmillan.

    • Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903.
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    1869
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  • The memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz. Being the observations he made in his late travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &c. In letters to his friend. Discovering not only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but The Characters of the Principal Persons at the several Courts. In two volumes. ...

    • Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von, 1692-1775.
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    M.DCC.XXXIX. [1739]
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  • Ideas, suggested on the spot in a late excursion through Flanders, Germany, France, and Italy, by A. Walker, Lecturer on Experimental Philosophy.

    • Walker, A. (Adam), 1730 or 1731-1821.
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    M,DCC,XC. [1790]
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  • Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M-y W--y M--e: written during her travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, ... A new edition. To which are added, poems, by the same author. In two volumes. ...

    • Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.
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    1789 [1790]
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  • Remarks in the grand tour of France and Italy. Perform'd by a person of quality, in the year, 1691.

    • Bromley, William, 1664-1732.
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    1705
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  • The theatre of the present war in the Netherlands and upon the Rhine: Containing a description of all the divisions and subdivisions, rivers, Fortified and other considerable Towns, in the Ten Catholick Provinces, the South-West Part of Germany, the Frontiers of France towards each, and all Lorrain; including the whole Scene of Military Operations, that may be expected during the Hostilities in those Countries. With a general map, sixty eight plans of fortified places, and seventeen particular Maps, upon a larger Scale, of the Territories round most of the chief Cities. Also a short introduction to the art of fortification, containing Draughts and Explanations of the principal Works in Military Architecture, and the Machines and Utensils necessary either in Attacks or Defences: als a military dictionary, more copious than has hitherto appear'd, explaining all the Technical Terms in the Science of War.

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    M,DCC,XLV. [1745]
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  • Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, Portugal, &c. By an English officer. In two volumes. ...

    • Jardine, Alexander, -1799.
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    MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]
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