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- 1815-1821 (Creation)
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184 ff. (paginated 1-368; pp. 335-368 inverted text) ; 185 x 115 mm.
Reversed calf over boards with flap; blind tooling; '1818 Tour through France with David Pennant' in ink on back cover.
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Journal, 1815-1821, written in equal parts French and English, by Philip Davies Cooke of Gwysaney, Flintshire, of tours through North Wales and France in the company of David Pennant of Downing, Flintshire.
The entries comprise a tour of North Wales from Downing to Chirk, Denbighshire, July-[August] 1815 (English, pp. 341-368); a tour through France via Orleans, the Loire Valley, Brittany, Aunis and Saintonge, Aquitaine, Pyrenees, Languedoc, Provence, Dauphine and Lyon, May-July 1818 (English, pp.1-156); from Sheffield to Holywell, October 1819 (English, pp. 335-340); and from Paris to Champagne, Piedmont, Genoa, Provence and Nice, Monaco and Burgundy, travelling mainly by boat, October 1820-January 1821 (French, pp. 158-335). The entries emphasise the history, antiquities and culture of the places visited. The main entries are written on the versos with addenda on the rectos opposite.
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French, English.
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Formerly Gwysaney 62.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 17132A.
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- Davies Cooke, Philip, 1793-1853 -- Diaries (Subject)
- Pennant, David, 1796-1837 -- Travel. (Subject)
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September 2008.
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Description compiled by Cyprien Henry and Rhys Morgan Jones;