Travel diary, ca. 1675.

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Travel diary, ca. 1675.

A long manuscript account of a grand tour from Paris and Lyon through mainland Italy, Austria, Bohemia, southern Germany and Switzerland. The writer describes architecture and monuments with some sophistication, discusses the works of Old Masters seen in picture galleries and provides detailed accounts of the libraries, cabinets and furnishings of noble estates.

1 v. (220 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8237890

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Drake, Samuel, active 1778-1779

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