A brief account of some travels in divers parts of Europe, . viz. Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli. Through a great part of Germany, and the Low-Countries. Through Marca Trevisana, and Lombardy on both sides the Po. With some observations on the gold, silver, copper, quick-silver mines, and the baths and mineral waters in those parts. As also, the description of many antiquities, habits, fortifications and remarkable places. The second edition with many additions. By Edward Brown, M.D.
Edward Brown, FRS (1644-1708)
Category
Books
Date
1685
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3135711
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],222,[6]p.,[16] plates (some folded) . ill.. (metal cut) . fol.. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Gg/2 [pencil]; Gg.8.4 [dark blue ink]. 17C subject heading/shelfmark on pastedown [partially obscured by Earl's plate]: s/Pereg[rination ???]28. 17C "56" on flyleaf. Provenance: Juvenile pencil "Exa[m?] T Br" on pastedown. Pencil "TB" on p. 138. Armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled sheep over boards (rebacked), double blind fillet on covers, remains of gilt roll on board edges, marbled edges, modern burgundy spine label.
Makers and roles
Edward Brown, FRS (1644-1708)