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
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3027766
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 84, 83-106, 109-295, [1], 301, [1], 292, [2] p. . ill.. (woodcuts) . fol.. Not indigenous. Variant with cancel 2nd title leaf. Wanting preliminary and final blank leaves. Loosely inserted: clippings from dealer's catalogues, unrelated to provenance. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in his hand: Castle Howard. H [i.e. Hodgson's] 3/2 '44 Lot 308 Đ10-10-0. Binding: Eighteenth-century (?) full mottled calf over boards; repairs to corners of lower board; spine gilt; brown leather spine label with title "Moryson's Itinerary"; sewn on six raised bands.
Makers and roles
Fynes Moryson (1566-1630)