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, palaces, villa's, gardens, pictures, statues, and antiquities. As also, of the interest, government, riches, force, &c. of all the princes. With instructions concerning travel /
Richard Lassels (1603?-1668)
Category
Books
Date
1686
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3188261
Summary
Bibliographic description
[40], 160, 272, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill., map ; 8vo. Imperfect: copy appears to lack plate (map?). Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot", i.e. William Davenport Talbot, 1764-1800, on recto of added engraved title page to part 1. Various seventeenth century manuscript inscriptions and pen tests on front pastedown. Binding: seventeenth/eighteenth century blind tooled sheep; manuscript title label in an eighteenth century hand reading "Voyage of Italy" on spine; text block edges sprinkled red and brown.
Makers and roles
Richard Lassels (1603?-1668), author Simon Wilson (fl.1670), editor