An itinerary . vvritten by Fynes Moryson Gent. First in the Latine tongue, and then translated by him into English: containing his ten yeeres trauell through the tvvelue dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Jtaly, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. Diuided into III parts. The I. part. Containeth a iournall through all the said twelue dominions: shewing particularly the number of miles, the soyle of the country, the situation of cities, the descriptions of them, with all monuments in each place worth the seeing, as also the rates of hiring coaches or horses from place to place, with each daies expences for diet, horse-meate, and the like. The II. part. Containeth the rebellion of Hugh, Earle of Tyrone, and the appeasing thereof: written also in forme of a iournall. The III. part. Containeth a discourse vpon seuerall heads, through all the said seuerall dominions.
Fynes Moryson (1566-1630)
Category
Books
Date
1617
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 3027765
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 84, 83-106, 109-295, [1], 301, [1], 292, [2] p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . fol.. Flyleaf annotated in different hands, including: In Duncan's cat. 1824 marked. Đ4-12-.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate: The Right Honourable Benjain Disraeli.. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf; blind fillets.
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Fynes Moryson (1566-1630)