The use of an anonymous male pseudonym befits the rather unusual voyeuristic frontispiece (Millenium Hall is a secular convent), but was primarily a way of lending the book, with its strong philosophical arguments for female education, a seriousness that Scott rightly believed a woman novelist's name would not evoke.]]>
Gentleman on his travels (Lady Barbara Montagu and Sarah Scott)]]> Engravings]]> Text]]> De Beer Collection copy. Ownership inscriptions: Caroline Morris. M.F. Christopher, November 1859.]]>
Torre, Carlo, -1679]]> Engravings]]> Milan]]> Boswell, Henry]]> Engravings]]> Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771]]> Engravings]]> Text]]> Ancisa, Pietro Antonio dell]]> Engravings]]> Florence]]> Rutter, Owen, 1889-1944]]> Engravings]]> Text]]>

I remember to have heard you regret, that in all your peregrinations through Europe, you had ever neglected the island of Sicily; and had spent much of your time in running over the old beaten track, and in examining the thread-bare subjects of Italy and France; when probably there were a variety of objects, not less interesting, that still lay buried in oblivion in that celebrated island. (1-2)


Brydone clearly identified the interesting objects, for his work went through more than 20 editions in his lifetime.]]>
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Architecture]]> Title pages]]> Illustrated books]]> Rome (Italy)]]> Schenk, Peter]]> Engravings]]> Illustrations]]> Text]]> Title pages]]> Engraving, Italian]]> Illustrated books]]> Rome (Italy)]]> Inscriptions]]> Maggi, Giovanni]]> Illustrations]]> Engravings]]> Text]]>
On his death, one major work by John Evelyn remained unpublished. It was an encyclopaedia prepared during the 1650s which he entitled Elysium Britannicum. Evelyn later extracted and published various sections from it, for example Sylva, and Acetaria, and continued to enlarge the manuscript throughout his life. However he lost confidence in his ability to finish the work, believing that the amount of information it should contain was beyond the ability of one man to assemble.

There have been several attempts to bring the work to publication, but the poor condition of the manuscripts, the absence of various sections referred to, and the multiple versions of other sections, made the task very difficult. This modern printing is the first edition of this complex work.]]>
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Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798]]> Forster, Georg, 1754-1794]]> Portraits]]> Berger, D. (Daniel), 1744-1825]]> Image]]> Still Image]]> Engravings]]> Nineteenth century]]> Voyages and travels]]> Maori (New Zealand people)]]> Portraits]]> unknown]]> Image]]> Still Image]]> Engravings]]> Nineteenth century]]> Tattooing]]> Tā moko]]> Waka]]> Cook, James, 1728-1779]]> Voyages and travels]]> Maori (New Zealand people)]]> Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771]]> Image]]> Engravings]]> Nineteenth century]]> Portraits]]> unknown]]> Image]]> Still Image]]> Engravings]]> Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773]]> Portraits]]> unknown]]> Image]]> Still Image]]> Engravings]]> Grey, George, Sir, 1812-1898]]> Portraits]]> unknown]]> Image]]> Still Image]]> Engravings]]> Nineteenth century]]> Portraits]]> Duppa, B. E. (Bryan Edward), fl. 1832-1853]]> Image]]> Still Image]]> Engravings]]> Nineteenth century]]> Portraits]]> Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781]]> Cotes, Francis, 1726-1770]]> Image]]> Still Image]]> Engravings]]> Nineteenth century]]> Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792]]> Portraits]]> unknown]]> Image]]> Still Image]]> Engravings]]> Nineteenth century]]>