Vancouver, George, 1757-1798]]> Engravings]]> Text]]> Roberts, David, 1796-1864]]> Lithographs]]> Text]]> Wichmanshausen, Giov, fl. 1679]]> Naples (Italy)]]> Vesuvius (Italy)]]> Illustrations]]> Text]]> Naples]]> Weddell, James, 1787-1834]]> Maps]]> Text]]> Illustrations]]>
"Cast thine eye around thee, and see the thousands of Nature's productions. . . . What a noble field, kind reader, for thy experimental philosophy and speculations, for thy learning, for thy perseverance, for thy kind-heartedness, for everything that is great and good within thee! (32-33)"

Somewhat surprisingly in light of this lofty rhetoric, Waterton's initial interest in his travels was to learn about native poisons.

This edition concludes with sixteen pages of advertisements for 'Blackie's Story Books for Boys', indicating that the publishers thought readers of their day might appreciate the adventures more than the admonitions.]]>
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Silvestre, Israel, 1621-1691]]> Engravings]]> Italy]]> Vancouver, George, 1757-1798]]> Drawings]]> Text]]> Berchtold, Leopold, 1759-1809]]> Text]]> Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792]]> Engravings]]> Text]]> Westcott, Ross]]> Photographs]]> Text]]> Wood engravings]]> Text]]> Italy]]>
the musing mind
Oft 'mid the pensive pleasures that attend
The close of day, with many a mournful thought
Opprest, sad dwells on life's swift passing scene,
And dreams of bliss delusive. . . . (11-12)]]>
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Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771]]> Engravings]]> Text]]> Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771]]> Engravings]]> Text]]> Polite traveller and British navigator]]> Engravings]]> Text]]> Bertelli, Pietro]]> Engravings]]> Italy]]> Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771]]> Engravings]]>
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]]> Michelin Tyre Company]]> Text]]> Illustrations]]> Boswell, Henry]]> Engravings]]> Potter, Olave M. (Olave Muriel) ]]> Illustrations]]> Text]]> Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771]]> Engravings]]> Text]]> Sandys, George, 1578-1644]]> Maps]]>