Catalogue description Journal of Tour 1779

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Details of 1922/D60
Reference: 1922/D60
Title: Journal of Tour 1779
Description:

Series Title: Original Diaries

 

Vellum-bound home-made notebook containing various observations on Europe (? in more than one hand). Indexed at rear of book. MS Tour by Doctor Chelsum.

 

Places: Switzerland
Date: 1779
Held by: Alpine Club Archives, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: Phillipps ms.17714
Language: English
Physical description: 1 volume (176 p.)
Physical condition: ms
Immediate source of acquisition:

Previous owners include the Reverend John Baynes, J. Mitford (1829) and the collector Thomas Phillipps (b.1792, d.1872). Possibly acquired by the AC when a quantity of Phillipps' books were sold at auction c.1964.

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