Author: Thicknesse, Philip.
Title: A YEAR’S JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE, And Part of Spain.
Description: London: Printed for and Sold by W. Brown ..., 1778. 2nd Ed. With Additions. 2 vols. xix + 352pp. + 316pp. 2 leaves of music (1 leaf creased and browned to fore-edge with loss), 8 plates [only of 10, lacking frontis. and ‘View of Montserrat’ both from vol. 1.] Sporadic textual corrections and ruling by hand, Signature G of vol. 2. with repaired tear and loss to tail, some browning, rebound in modern half calf with marbled boards, gilt lettered labels to sunned spines, minor wear. ¶ ESTC T85254 ‘With a list of subscribers, directions to the binder and a page of errata in vol. I.’ Philip Thicknesse (1719–1792), travel writer. First published in 1777, Thicknesse and his family of eight children travelled on the continent during most of 1776. They excited much attention in France and Spain, particularly since their pet monkey, Jacko, insisted on riding postilion, dressed in a red jacket and boots. The family were made especially welcome by the monks at the hermitages and convent of Montserrat. ‘[The first edition] It was a lucrative venture, securing an advance of £580 and boasting a subscription list of 430 worthies, including the Duchess of Cumberland, Henry Pelham, David Garrick, and Thomas Gainsborough. Samuel Johnson pronounced it 'entertaining' (Boswell, 3.235). It is a saner and more sentimental travelogue than his earlier exercises in the genre.’ ODNB.

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