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- [1822] (Creation)
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16 ff. ; 185 x 120 mm.
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An incomplete journal describing part of a tour of Italy, 12 October-9 December [1822] (watermark 1813); the writer is unknown but does not appear to be Thomas Prior.
The journal begins in Fiorenz[u]ola [d'Arda], 12 October, with the writer and his party then moving on to Parma (ff. 1 verso-2), Bologna (f. 2 recto-verso), Florence (ff. 3 verso-5 verso), Terni (ff. 7 verso-8), Rome, 5-17 November (ff. 10-11) and Naples (ff. 13 verso), arriving on 23 November. The volume ends with an account of an ascent of Vesuvius on 9 December (ff. 14-16), including a sketch of the mountain (f. 15).
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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- English
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English.
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'2' (ink on f. 1).
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Dated on the basis of references to the Congress of Verona (20 October-14 December 1822) (see f. 1 verso).