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‎Journal of a Tour in France, Switzerland and Italy, during the years 1819, 20, and 21- In 2 volumes (text only).‎

‎Paris, A. and W. Galignani, 1822, in-8vo, X + 404 p.; II + 332 p., with all preliminary leaves, without the folio Atlas with 50 lithogr. plates, (p. 102 small tear no loss), exlibris Exeter City Library (+ ink stamp withdrawn) / exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, cont. French binding of full calf, flat spines, panelled & lettered in gilt, with a small gilt number at foot of spines.‎

‎First edition. / Première édition. Un récit de voyage dans les Alpes et les Pyrénées, avec un album de 50 vues pittoresques (L’atlas ici manquante !). Just some impressions: Chapter XIII: „After a residence of between two and three months at Como, I must not quit it without a few observations..“ the trip went on to Simplon (cold & snow), Valley of Rhone, Sion, Valais, Lake of Geneva then direction Berne. Chapter XV German part of Switzerland: Zug Zürich the library, Frauenfeld, Constance, Soleure, Lake Morat direction Lausanne etc. etc.The tour commemorated by the volumes began on 2 November 1819, the day after Marianne had married Edward Francis Colston (1795-1847), descendent and heir of the wealthy Bristol merchant and benefactor, Edward Colston (1636-1721; ODNB). While Marianne describes leaving her ‘beloved parents’ behind as she ventured forth on her honeymoon tour, the book she eventually produced from the travel memorandums she wrote along the way embodied the affections that bound together her old and new family. Perret 1076. ‎