Michelin man
The Michelin man seems slightly thin by comparison with his modern counterpart, but the insistent endorsement of Michelin products is as modern as any web-page advertising. At this date, the guides had not yet adopted the star rating system and did not comment on dining establishments. However, the company did give the guides away, a new edition each year, to the extent that 'The Michelin Guides distributed gratis every year would, if placed one upon another, make a pile 60 times as high as St. Paul's Cathedral' (2).
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Michelin guide to the British Isles, 1912
London : Michelin Tyre Co.
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Special Collections: DA630.ML475 1912
Milan
Not to be outdone by Venice, Pisa and Rome, Milan found her own historian in Carlo Torre. This engraving shows one of the oldest surviving Roman colonnades in the city, but does not lavish too much detail on the surroundings, consigning them to a lighter gray background against which the significant ruin stands out prominently. Nonetheless, the artist could not resist touches of daily life in late seventeenth-century Milan, with sightseers apparently reclining opposite the colonnade to appreciate its artistry.
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Il ritratto di Milano : diviso in tre libri / colorito da Carlo Torre ... ; nel quale vengono descritte tutte le antichità e modernità, che vedeuansi, e che si vedono nella città di Milano, sì di sontuose fabbriche, quanto di pittura, e di scultura : con varie narrazioni istoriche appartenenti à gesti di principi, duchi, e cittandini
In Milano : Per Federico Agnelli Scult. & Stamp.
Busca, Antonio, 1625-1686
Garavaglia, Joseph
Biffi, Andrea
Biffi, Filippo
Agnelli, Federico, 1626-1702
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Millenium Hall
Although Millenium Hall is fictional, the title-page presents it as a domestic tour, and the explicitly 'improving' aim of the work is not out of keeping with other travels of its day. John Newbery, to whom Scott dedicates her book, was the first major English publisher of books for children, and she shared his sentimental objectives even though she did not write this book for a younger audience.
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.
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A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent: together with the characters of the inhabitants, and such historical anecdotes and reflections, as may excite in the reader proper sentiments of humanity, ... By a gentleman on his travels.
London : printed for J. Newbery
Scott, Sarah, 1723-1795
Newbery, John, 1713-1767
Morris, Caroline
Christopher, M. F.
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Pictures from Italy
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Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz, Jun.
1846
Brasch DG426 DH89 1846
Pisa
Although the tower of Pisa was already leaning by its completion date in 1370, not all seventeenth-century pictures show the slant as clearly as this one. From a family of booksellers, engravers, typographers and cartographers, Pietro Bertelli drew upon the inherited skills and knowledge of his entire family in creating this impressive survey of Italian cities.
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Theatro delle citta d'Italia
Padova : F. Bertelli
Bertelli, Francesco
it
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Pressed flowers
This handbook is included as evidence of other uses to which travel guides may be put. One can easily imagine a character in A Room with a View placing a favourite flower into his or her Baedeker. Someone certainly did so with this volume, though we have not investigated whether this is a Mediterranean plant.
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Handbook to the Mediterranean : its cities, coasts, and islands, for the use of general travellers and yachtsmen / by R.L. Playfair.
London : J. Murray
Playfair, R. Lambert (Robert Lambert), 1828-1899
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Sandys' journey
Remembered as a translator of Ovid and the Psalms, Sandys was initially a great traveller both to the east and then to the American colonies. This map of Jerusalem is carefully constructed to accompany Sandys's narrative; the reader proceeds in numerical order through the sights of Jerusalem in Sandys's footsteps.
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A relation of a iourney begun an: Dom: 1610. : Fovre bookes. : Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, of Ægypt, of the Holy Land, of the remote parts of Italy, and ilands adioyning.
London. : Printed for Ro: Allot
Allot, Robert, active 1625-1636?
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Settlement of Australia
The frontispiece to this gorgeous volume captures the adventure associated with the settlement of Australia. Though the documents do not constitute a travel narrative, their connections with the moment of origin provide their intended readers with the same sense of national pride and discovery that attracted readers of the contemporary accounts.
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The first fleet : the record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at Sydney Cove. Compiled from the original documents in the Public record office...
Golden Cockerel Press
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Sotheby's musings
Sotheby's youthful poems eagerly evoke the picturesque, and the engravings added to this second edition only heighten that sensibility. An evocation such as 'Hail, solemn wreck!' (10) does not connote praise, and the beauty of the moonlit ruin proves a refreshing tonic only to the traveller who can leave behind the dilapidation evident by daylight:
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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A tour through parts of Wales, Sonnets, odes, and other poems. With engravings from drawings taken on the spot, by J. Smith. By W. Sotheby, Esq.
London : printed by J. Smeeton, for R. Blamire
Smith, John, 1749-1831
Smeeton, Joseph, -1809
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Spiritual guides
Typical of a whole class of spiritual guides to Rome, this little volume lists the holy sights and quantifies the redemptive value of visiting each in terms of indulgences and remission of sins. If one had only a limited time to spend in Rome, such a guide no doubt repaid its modest purchase price many times over.
Mirabilia urbis Romae / nova recognita, & emandata [sic], atq[ue] in verum sensum reducta per Antoninum Pontium virum diligentiss. sicut alias nunquam fuerunt quod cognosces, si haec nostra cum aliis conferes. Vbi haec & alia continentur.
Rome : apud Antonium Bladum Asulanum
Pontus, Antoninus.
Blado, Antonio, 1490-1567
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Sydney Opera House
Famous buildings and plazas appear throughout this exhibit, but they usually became tourist attractions only upon completion. This 1965 pamphlet celebrated what the Sydney Opera House hoped to become. Would any reader be interested today if the building had turned out to be a flop?
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The Sydney Opera House / photographs by Ross Westcott ; introduction by Pat Westcott.
Sydney : Ure Smith
Westcott, Pat
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Sydney Parkinson, botanical draughtsman
Sydney Parkinson, botanical draughtsman on Cook's first voyage, died before returning to London, and his papers found their way to the library of Joseph Banks. Parkinson's brother, Stanfield, eventually obtained the papers, after a bitter public quarrel and court battle with Banks and Hawkesworth, and put out this magnificent book. Since it went to a second edition, it is likely that Stanfield made some money from the venture, and ultimately ensured that Sydney Parkinson's depictions of Australia and New Zealand became well-known treasures.
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A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour. Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, ... Embellished with views and designs, ...
London : printed for Stanfield Parkinson, the editor: and sold by Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart; Evans; Hooper; Murray; Leacroft; and Riley
Leask, A. J.
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The active volcano
As this page vividly illustrates, Vesuvius continued to be quite active after Raymond's visit. Published in Naples for an English audience, this book represents the nineteenth-century traveller's increasingly scientific interests.
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Sketches of Vesuvius with short accounts of its principal eruptions : from the commencement of the Christian era to the present time
Naples : George Glass
Douglas, George Henry Scott, 1825-1885
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The Holy Land
This beautiful set of books provides a fascinating visual and textual introduction to the Middle East and North Africa. This image of the Sphinx, with its mellow shadowing and tiny human figures for perspective, conveys the stark awe of Europeans encountering Egypt.
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The Holy Land : Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / after lithographs by Louis Hache from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts, with historical descriptions by George Croly.
Day & Son
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Thicknesse's account
Another popular account, Thicknesse proceeds more regularly than Pratt or Sterne, but their influence and elements of the picturesque are evident in the looming hills and the pious or pitiable pilgrims in the foreground. This account exemplifies the popularity of the walking tour, presented as a series of letters that permits a more personal narrative.
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A year's journey through France and part of Spain / by Philip Thicknesse, Esq.
London : Printed for and sold by W. Brown ...
Brown, William, active 1765-1797
2 v. : ill. (1 folded) (engravings) ; 23 cm.
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Topography
Gell's detailed study of the architectural discoveries unearthed at Pompei over the course of the eighteenth century provides an example of the strong English interest in topography and archaeology that often informed travel. This particular image also shows the strikingly barren profile of Vesuvius across the otherwise lush plain.
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Pompeiana: the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii
London, Rodwell and Martin
Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850
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Travel advertisements
These advertisements inevitably evoke a longing for the past. As we trundle our luggage through airports, the idea of a servant seems most appealing. While the grandeur of train stations like Dunedin's meant that accommodation nearby was the most respectable. Travelling now had high and low seasons, but travel in this style was still limited to a well-heeled clientele.
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A handbook for travellers in Syria and Palestine, including an account of the geography, history, antiquities, and inhabitants of these countries, The Peninsula of Sinai, Edom, and the Syrian desert, with detailed descriptions of Jerusalem, Petra, Damascus, and Palmyra
London : J. Murray
John Murray (Firm)
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Venice
Published in Paris, in French, Silvestre's book is the only guidebook in the case clearly intended for a foreign audience. Drawing upon knowledge gained from several trips to Italy, he published engravings of the highlights and thus embarked on a most successful career as an illustrator of travel, issuing later collections on Paris, French sea ports, and chateaus. This particular volume is his second set of Italian engravings.
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Veues d'Italie
A Paris : Chez Israel Henriet
Henriet, Israel
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Wanderings in South America
This book first appeared in 1825, though this edition, with its handsome binding, was printed much later, probably in 1894. Although Waterton's style is clearly dated and, to our ears, rather pompous, his work has been often reprinted even in the twentieth century, and his voice is engagingly enthusiastic once you accept the preachiness:
"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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Wanderings in South America, the United States, and the Antilles.
London, Blackie
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William Dampier, buccaneer
William Dampier was the most successful English buccaneer, redeeming his reputation as a mercenary adventurer by aspiring to the role of scientific explorer. This world map, drawn by Herman Moll, the premier cartographer of his day, shows the known outlines of Australia and New Zealand based on the voyages of Dampier and Tasman. On the whole, Dampier and his fellow sailors were not impressed by their encounters with Australian aborigines, but his accounts greatly encouraged British interest in exploration of the South Seas.
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A new voyage round the world : describing particularly the Isthmus of America, several coasts and islands in the West Indies, the Isles of Cape Verd, the passage by Terra del Fuego, the South Sea coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, the isle of Guam, one of the Ladrones, Mindanao, and other Philippine and East-India islands near Cambodia, China, Formosa, Luconia, Celebes, &c., New Holland, Sumatra, Nicobar Isles, the Cape of Good Hope, and Santa Hellena : their soil, rivers, harbours, plants, fruits, animals, and inhabitants : their customs, religion, government, trade, &c.
London : Printed for James Knapton ...
James Knapton (Printer)
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Hocken : Bliss KU/Da v.1-3