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The voyage of Italy, or, A compleat journey through Italy : in two parts : with the characters of the people, and the description of the chief towns, churches, monasteries, tombs, libraries, pallaces, villas, gardens, pictures, statues, and antiquities : as also of the interest, government, riches, force, &c. of all the princes : with instructions concerning travel / by Richard Lassels, Gent. who travelled through Italy five times as tutor to several of the English nobility and gentry ; never before extant.: PB 92-2020

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The voyage of Italy, or, A compleat journey through Italy : in two parts : with the characters of the people, and the description of the chief towns, churches, monasteries, tombs, libraries, pallaces, villas, gardens, pictures, statues, and antiquities : as also of the interest, government, riches, force, &c. of all the princes : with instructions concerning travel / by Richard Lassels, Gent. who travelled through Italy five times as tutor to several of the English nobility and gentry ; never before extant.

Maker(s)

Lassels, Richard

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Description

T Part 2 has special t.p. which reads: The voyage of Italy ... Opus posthumum: corrected and set forth by his old friend and fellow traveller S[imon] W[ilson].
Printer's name from imprint of pt. 2: Vincent du Moutier
References: Wing (2nd ed.) L465.

Notes

History note: Provenance: Fitzwilliam, 1775. Ms. inscr. on verso of frontispiece: 'John Thorpe his booke'. Ms. inscr. on back paste-down e.p.: 'John Thorpe (1696), Robert Thorpe (1696), J: C: 1709'. Binding: full calf, border (double, blind fillet).

Measurements and weight

2 pts in 1 ; 16cm (12mo).

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Note

Lassels, Richard,1603?-1668.Newly printed at Paris :and are to be sold in London, by John Starkey ...,1670.

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 92-2020
Primary reference Number: 272082
ALMA leader: 02043cam a2200325 a 4500
ALMA control 001: 99211863803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 17 November 2020 Updated: Wednesday 2 December 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The voyage of Italy, or, A compleat journey through Italy : in two parts : with the characters of the people, and the description of the chief towns, churches, monasteries, tombs, libraries, pallaces, villas, gardens, pictures, statues, and antiquities : as also of the interest, government, riches, force, &c. of all the princes : with instructions concerning travel / by Richard Lassels, Gent. who travelled through Italy five times as tutor to several of the English nobility and gentry ; never before extant." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/272082 Accessed: 2024-11-28 07:57:35

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