Ladies of The Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe
by Dolan, Brian
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0060185430
- ISBN 13
- 9780060185435
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. An absorbing account scintillatingly written of women's lives and travels in the eighteenth century. The author leads us into the hearts and minds of the ladies through their stories, thoughts, and court gossip, recorded in journals, letters, and diaries. Ladies of The Grand Tour creates a mesmerizing portrait of a previously overlooked slice of the eighteenth century life. A list of illustrations provided, which make up a section of beautiful portraits in colour on heavier stock . The portraits and photographs are from private collections and others reproduced by courtesy of various galleries. Dramatis Personae, Notes, Bibliography and Index will be found. Lovely wrap-around dust jacket from painting by John Feary - Rome Seen on a Grand Tour. A lovely book which promises to please.. ISBN: 0-06-018543-0. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. British Travel Europe History 18th Century + Voyages Travels History 18th Century + Women England Social Conditions 18th Century + Lady Webster + Mary Wollstonecraft + Mariana Starke + Elizabeth Vesey + Mary Shelly + Elizabeth Montague + Lady Anna Miller + Hannah More + Hester Piozzi + Ellis Cornelia Knight + Mary Hamilton + MArie Edgeworth + Francis Crew + Lady Mary Coke + Mary Berry + Elizabeth Carter. Catalogs: Literature.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B1398
- Title
- Ladies of The Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe
- Author
- Dolan, Brian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060185430
- ISBN 13
- 9780060185435
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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