Binding: quarter pigskin. Taped on spine: MS. Diary 1816.

In English.

Holograph diary which chronicles a journey through France, Switzerland and Italy, compiled from several diaries of different journeys, the earliest being a tour in the summer of 1816. The author travels to Calais from London with members of her family. In Paris, she sees King Louis XVIII reviewing his troops in commemoration of his return to Paris last year; attends the theater; visits the Conservatorie des Arts et des Metiers to view the models of machines; and dines at Very's. She also visits the porcelain manufactory at Sevres; climbs Montanvert, describing the system of sticks used by their guides to protect them from falling; and spends the night in a monastery in St. Bernard, in the same room in which Napoleon stayed on his way to the Battle of Marengo. In Italy, she attends the opera in Turin, commenting on its lighting system, "which like the theatres in France is dark, the only lights being on the stage." She also vists churches, admires artwork and architecture, ascends Mount Vesuvius, and attends Mass at the Sistine Chapel. The diary concludes with a visit to the Devil's Bridge in Switzerland.

The diary is annotated throughout, in the same hand, with further notes concerning the journey.

Mountaineering > Alps.

Theater > France > 19th century.

Theater > Italy > 19th century.

France > Description and travel.

Europe > Social life and customs > 19th century.

Italy > Description and travel.

Switzerland > Description and travel.

Vesuvius (Italy) > Description and travel.