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Manuscripts
Grand tour gazetteer
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- Description
- 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.
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