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Grand tour gazetteer
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A manuscript account of the Grand Tour by George Henry Errington. He and his new wife Elizabeth, a recently married couple from England's landed gentry, traveled through France and Italy with Rome being their main destination. This is not a conventional account, and it is distinguished in two ways: Errington's interest in interpreting modern Italy through the lens of literature he had read, classical and modern, with specific passages copied into the account; also, the couple traveled in the years between the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, when peace made it possible for the English to travel in Europe. The largely undated volume also includes notations on the posts, English Miles, time and expenses, and the state of the inns at each stop. On his return to England Errington then interleaved his notes with fresh paper (watermarked 1803) and added yet further to his original notes with the whole bound in half calf a few years later. The volume has a damaged spine and two manuscript descriptions laid into the front of the volume.
mssHM 83751
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The Pillars of Hercules : a grand tour of the Mediterranean
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In this modern Grand Tour, Theroux sets off from Gibraltar on a journey around the Mediterranean Sea. It is a long, lively, and occasionally dangerous trip, up the coast of Spain, along the Riviera, by ferry to the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and beyond. By foot, train, bus, and cruise ship, Theroux travels around Italy and the Greek islands, to Albania in a state of near anarchy and to war-torn Croatia. He sails into Istanbul, its minarets and mosque domes beckoning him to the Levant. Ahead are Damascus and the villages of Syria, shrouded in the cult of Assad; Israel, besieged by suicide bombers; Egypt, Morocco and Paul Bowles' Tangier. Exploring wild coastlines, probing through layers of tradition and culture, ancient and modern, tawdry and splendid, Theroux weaves the legends and siren calls of civilizations as old as time into a story about life on the Mediterranean today.--From publisher description.
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Italia : una visione diversa
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British Isles
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"Dick Arentz has made over twenty photographic expeditions to the British Isles, since 1977 to the present, traveling from his home in Flagstaff, Arizona...All the negatives are made specifically for the late 19th-century platinum/palladium process, at which Dick is an acknowledged master. The appeal of these images, apart from their resolute craftsmanship and gentle quietness, is that they are courageous"--From introduction.
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Grand Canyon, 1924
Visual Materials
This collection contains photographs of Elizabeth Compton Hegemann's travels through the Navajo Indian Reservation and the Grand Canyon from 1922 to 1934. It also documents Southwest Indian life and archaeological monuments during Hegemann's career based at the Shonto Trading Post. The most notable images depict Hegemann; United States National Park Service rangers; Fred Harvey Trading Company sites and employees; Navajo and Hopi Indians; trading posts; Charles F. Lummis; the Grand Canyon; various ruins of Indian pueblos; Hopi ceremonies; Navajo horse races; and natural rock formations scattered throughout Arizona
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James St. Aubyn journal of a tour in France, Switzerland, and Italy
Manuscripts
A nice example of a Grand Tour journal, written throughout in a clear sloping hand, commencing on June 22, 1819. In his journal, St. Aubyn describes his four-month journey through France, Switzerland, and Italy, and his return to England. In black ink, with later printed b/w illustrations loosely inserted. Original green boards, rebacked with green paper spine. Boards a little rubbed, but generally well-preserved.
mssHM 81168