Notebook containing notes and journal entries of travels
MS. Beckford e. 2
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Notebook containing notes and journal entries of travels
Shelfmark
MS. Beckford e. 2
Summary
(pp. 3-10, 41, 64v-5) 5 and 7 July (Lake of Geneva) and undated entries, 1778, Switzerland
(pp. 29-32, 33-5, 37-40, 42-51, 81-2) 10-13 July, 10, 27-8 August and undated entries, 1783, Savoy and Switzerland
(p. 63) 2 Jan., 21 Feb. 1784 [Paris]
(pp. 52-3, 58-60, 66, 68-70) 27-8 August, 9 Sept., 21 Oct. 1787, Portugal, and 19 Dec. 1787, Spain (Escurial), extracts printed in Journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain, ed. Boyd Alexander (1954), pp. 179, 183, 201-2, 239-41, 295
(pp. 13-24) 1-2 Dec. 1795, Aranjuez, Spain, printed in Italy (1834), ii, pp. 365-81 (a fair copy is in MS. Beckford d. 8)
(pp. 61-2, 77-9, 83-4, 88-90) undated entries, mainly Switzerland and France
With:
(front and back pastedowns) sketches of coats of arms
(pp. 1, 71) architectural and topographical sketches
Date
1778-95
Language
English
Physical facet
Binding: green stiffened paper wrappers (damaged)
Physical extent
90 pages
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Collection contents
Journals and travels
Notebook containing notes and journal entries of travels
