The Age of the grand tour : containing sketches of the manners, society and customs of France, Flanders, the United Provinces, Germany, Switzerland and Italy in the Letters, journals and writings of the most celebrated voyagers between the years 1720 and 1820, with descriptions of the most illustrious antiquities and curiosities in these countries, together with the story of such traffic / by Anthony Burgess, and an appreciation of the art of Europe in the eighteenth century, by Francis Haskell.

New York : Crown Publishers, 1967.

136 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 35 x 49 cm

Closed stack.

The Grand Tour was the last act in an eighteenth-century gentleman's education. Behind him lay school-years of Greek grammer, Latin hexameters, gown-and-chapel routine. Now, at last it was time for spiritual matriculation, the ultimate in civilizing experiences, a journey through Europe to the overwhelming masterpieces of Italy. [from front flap].

British Europe History 18th century.
British Europe History 19th century.
Travelers Europe.
Travelers Great Britain.
Voyageurs Grande-Bretagne.
Britanniques Europe Histoire 18e siècle.
Britanniques Europe Histoire 19e siècle.
Voyageurs Europe.
British
Travel
Travelers
Europe Description and travel.
Europe Descriptions et voyages.
Great Britain
Europe

History

Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.
Haskell, Francis, 1928-2000. Appreciation of the art of Europe in the eighteenth century.

Appreciation of the art of Europe in the eighteenth century

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 83776
Cote: POM3525 D917.A325; ID:85-B11525
Statut: Disponible