Italy : remarks made in several visits, from the year 1816 to 1854
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Italy : remarks made in several visits, from the year 1816 to 1854
（Cambridge library collection, . History）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- v. 1 : pbk
- v. 2 : pbk
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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Facsim. of ed. published: London : J. Murray, 1859
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108003810
Description
John Cam Hobhouse's 1859 publication provides a detailed account of his travels around Italy between 1816 and 1854. The two volumes contain informative descriptions of the places, people and politics of nineteenth-century Italy, and the reader will gain fascinating insights into the close relationship between Hobhouse and Lord Byron. Providing a mix of entertaining anecdotes and historical information, the volumes explore 'a country now made accessible by a few hours journey and familiar to us by every mode of illustration', acquainting the Victorian traveller (and now the modern reader) with the Italy 'of times long past'. Volume 1 begins with Hobhouse's journey from Switzerland to Italy in 1816 and records his impressions of cities including Milan, Verona, Venice and Rome.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Switzerland
- 2. Milan
- 3. De Breme
- 4. Milan
- 5. Brescia
- 6. Verona to Montebello
- 7. The banks of the Brenta
- 8. Few remains of republican Rome
- 9. Causes of destruction of Roman structures
- 10. Continuation of causes of dilapidation of Roman structures
- 11. Continuation of causes of dilapidation.
- Volume
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v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108003827
Description
John Cam Hobhouse's 1859 publication provides a detailed account of his travels around Italy between 1816 and 1854. The two volumes contain informative descriptions of the places, people and politics of nineteenth-century Italy, and the reader will gain fascinating insights into the close relationship between Hobhouse and Lord Byron. Providing a mix of entertaining anecdotes and historical information, the volumes explore 'a country now made accessible by a few hours journey and familiar to us by every mode of illustration', acquainting the Victorian traveller (and now the modern reader) with the Italy 'of times long past'. Volume 2 focuses mainly on the churches, monuments, temples and ruins of Ancient Rome.
Table of Contents
- 12. The Capitol
- 13. Capitoline ascents
- 14. St Martina
- 15. The Arco de' Pantani
- 16. The Palatine and arch of Constantine
- 17. The Mamertine and Tullian prisons
- 18. The castle of Sant' Angelo
- 19. The pyramid of Cestius
- 20. Nemi
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- Rienzi
- Appendix.
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