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James St. Aubyn journal of a tour in France, Switzerland, and Italy

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1819.
Call number: mssHM 81168
Creator: St. Aubyn, James (1783-1862)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, February 2015.

James St. Aubyn journal

Manuscripts

This manuscript journal was kept by James St. Aubyn from 1819 to 1859. The journal details his many visits to the theatre throughout the 1820s both in London and Paris; he mentions numerous actors, actresses, and productions. The journal also covers his many trips to the country to visit family and friends, as well as visits to the Continent to see his father. Included are mentions of Harriet Smithson Berlioz, R. W. Elliston, Maria Foote, Frances Maria Kelly, John Philip Kemble, John Liston, William Charles Macready, Daniel Terry, Charles Mayne Young, and others.

mssHM 63181

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James St. Aubyn journal

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The journal is bound in leather covers which have become damaged and fragile; it is marked 'Vol. 1' on the title page. The journal is a record of St. Aubyn's life of attending the theater, hunting and horse racing, attending balls, conducting love affairs and travelling throughout England in pursuit of these activities.

mssHM 80304

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Journal of a tour through Italy

Manuscripts

A signed, autograph manuscript, bound in marble boards. The journal is written on rectos, with occasional additions and corrections.

mssHM 14955

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James St. Aubyn stud and kennel book, notes, and letters

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This small group of material contains:

mssHM 81078-81081

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James Gow journal

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The majority of the journal contains prescriptions Gow made for his customers and the recipes for those prescriptions. The volume also contains two other sections: a female relative of Gow's recorded 19th century poetry in parts of the book and there is also a section titled, "Journal of a Seaman in the Forecastle." This diary section contains accounts from 1851 to 1852 of an anonymous sailor who sailed from Boston to San Francisco in a clipper and then chronicles his time in Port Adelaide, Australia. There are also two pages of what may be the ship's manifest.

mssHM 74486

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Reynolds family record of births, marriages, and deaths

Manuscripts

A manuscript volume containing the records of the births, marriages, and deaths of the Reynolds and Wathern Loderidge family over a span of 112 years, with a gap in entries beginning in August 1923 and resuming after July 1843. The entries vary in detail and length, some simply record the birth or death, while others provide the names of family members present and the emotions felt by various family members. The small volume is in moderately good condition, with contemporary limp green calf wrappers, inscribed on the front wrapper "Family Records;" there are four pages loosely inserted into the volume.

mssHM 83788

James St. Aubyn journal of a tour in France, Switzerland, and Italy

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