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 the interest, government, riches, force, &c. of all the Princes. With introductions 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.
Richard Lassels (1603?-1668)
Category
Books
Date
1670
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3048818
Summary
Bibliographic description
[46],251,[3],447[i.e. 435],[9]p. . 12mo.. With all blank leaves (some unopened). Slight worm damage in early pages, affecting text. Provenance: Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 9. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf, double blind fillet borders and off-centre vertical rule, with blind-stamped corner-pieces in major and minor panels. Spine-label: 'Lassel's Voyages'.
Makers and roles
Richard Lassels (1603?-1668) Simon Wilson (fl.1670)