BRENNAN, Michael G. (Ed.). - The origins of the grand tour. The travels of Robert Mantague, Lord Mandeville (1649-1654), William Hammond (1655-1658), Banaster Maynard (1660-1663).

London, 2004. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 49 illustrations and plates. XVII,331 pp.Hakluyt Society, 3rd series, 14. - The longterm English fascination with the Grand Tour was firmly rooted in the mid-tudor and early Stuart periods. Such travels were usually prompted by one of three reasons: the prectical needs of diplomacy, the aesthetic allure of cultural tourism, and the expediences of polotical or religious exile.

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