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DE BEATIS, ANTONIO The Travel Journals of Antonio De Beatis, Germany, Switzerland, the Low Countries, France and Italy, 1517 - 1518, translated from the Italian by J. R. Hale and J. M. A. Lindon
London. The Hakluyt Society, 1979. First edition in English. 8vo; xii, 206 pp, plates, fldg map, bibliog of European Travels up to 1521. orig cloth, pict gt, dj, fine. ¶ De Beatiis, who accompanied Luigi of Aragon, one of the most wealthy, cultivated and well-connected of Italian cardinals, recorded the leisurely tour, the cities, towns, landscapes, churches, palaces, relics and works of art, the people and their customs. J. R. Hale provides an excellent historical perspective and a pioneering account of the Renaissance travel journal.
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