Author: Keyssler, Johann George
Title: Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Lorrain: Giving a true and just description of the present state of those countries; their natural, literary, and political history; manners, laws, commerce, manufactures, painting, sculpt
Description: Printed for A. Linde and T. Field 1757 [4], 385, [10], . . HB. 4to, cont. speckled calf, worn, some loss to head and foot of spine, front joint cracked; raised bands to spine, lacking leather title piece. Minor worming to lower corner of final leaves.. Vol III (of four) only. First English edition. Translated from the second German edition. This volume - composed as a series of letters is an important historical source for geographical features and cultural monuments of the period. It covers part of the journey in Italy, including; Loretto, Ravenna, Bologna, Modena, Parma, Mantua, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, and four chapters on Venice. It also includes a description of the Quicksilver mines at Idra [Slovenia]..

Keywords: Italy; Western Europe; Europe; Travel Narrative


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