Travel journal detailing Italian cities

Description

BROSSES, Préside - Preface by Marie-Thérèse de BROSSES - revised edition text based on manuscripts annotated by Romain COLOMB, Journal of the Journey in Italy, GRENOBLE, Roissard, 1971 - Softcover with slipcase and casing (corners worn) - Complete in 2 volumes, large 4° format - One of the copies on pure Lana cloth - A pleasant copy of Charles de Brosses, Count of Tournay, Baron of Montfalcon, Lord of Pregny, Chambezy, Vezins, and Prevessin, known as "the president of Brosses", was a French magistrate, historian, linguist, and writer (Dijon, February 7, 1709, Paris, May 7, 1777). Volume I: 288 pages covering the route from Dijon to Avignon, Avignon, Marseille, Genoa, Milan, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Livorno, Rome, Naples, Excursion to Vesuvius, Baja, Pozzuoli, Ercolano, Vesuvius - Volume II: 301 pages. Rome, Tivoli, Milan.