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Travel manuscript, fifth volume

Travel manuscript, fifth volume

Fifth volume of Forbes's manuscript travel journal, beginning in February of 1797 with Forbes's departure from Rome to Florence. Includes descriptions of sites visiting while en route, including Aquapendente, Radicofani, and Sienna. Entries describe Forbes's stay in Florence and its monuments and art, including an entry on "Italian music." Journal also contains descriptions of the journey from Florence to Genoa, and along the Ligurian coast. One entry is devoted to the "French Revolution, its consequences in Italy." Finally, the journal contains entries on the voyage from Genoa back to England on 19 February 1797. Journal contains an addenda added in 1799. Manuscript is written on laid paper, bound in half leather with marbled covered boards.

Tour in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, in 1796 and 1797 : volume the fourth.

Tour in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, in 1796 and 1797 : volume the fourth.

Fourth volume of Forbes's manuscript travel journal. This volume contains entries on various sites in Rome, including the Villa Borghese, St. Peter's, the Villa Albani, the Church of St. Agnes, the Mausoleum of Constantia, the Baths of Caracalla, St. Sebastian, the Catacombs, the Aventine Hill, the Vatican, the Esquiline Hill, and the Spada Palace, written during November and December 1796. Entries also describe a December 1979 trip to Naples. Manuscript is written on laid paper, bound in half leather with marbled covered boards.

Tour in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, in 1796 and 1797 : volume the first

Tour in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, in 1796 and 1797 : volume the first

First volume of Forbes's manuscript travel journal. This volume contains entries related to the writer's travels to Hamburg, Hanover, Brunswick, Wolfenbuttel, Berlin, Potzdam, Sans-Souci, Wittenberg, Leipzig, Dresden, Prague, and Vienna. Page [11] contains a dedication to Forbes' daughter with the inscription: "Scribere jussit Amor. In every work regard the writer's end; Since none can compass more than they intend." Manuscript is written on laid paper, bound in half leather with marbled covered boards.

Letter to Eliza Fothergill

File consists of letter from James Forbes to family member Eliza Fothergill, in York. Letter is written on laid paper leaf folded in two with integral address leaf including remains of red wax seal. Letter is dated London, 26th January 1788. Letter mentions that it originally accompanied "a few trifles" for family members, including two little volumes for his niece.

Letter

Letter

Consists of autograph signed letter to Forbes from the historian Charles Forbes Réne de Montalembet (the Count of Montalembert), son of Forbes's daughter Eliza Rose.

James Forbes Fonds

  • CA RBD MSG 276
  • Fonds
  • 1788, 1796-1799, 1834

The fonds consists of manuscript travel journals, engravings, and letters of naturalist, artist, and author James Forbes. The fonds containsa five-volume fair copy of a manuscript travel journal prepared by Forbes describing his travels and stays in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland during 1796 and 1797. Entries describe the climates, cultures, art, monuments, and historical sites of the places he visited. Some entries also reflect current events, such as the French Revolution, and comparison between the places he visited and his native England. The journals were prepared by Forbes ostensibly for his daughter, to whom the first volume contains a dedication. The fifth volume contains an addendum dated 1799. The The fonds also contains two letters, one a letter to Forbes from his grandson, the Count of Montalembert, and one a letter from Forbes to his sister, Eliza Fothergill, dated 1788. The final materials in the fonds are two hand-coloured engravings of illustrations created by Forbes in 1771 and 1783, and published by Richard Bentley (London, 1834).

Forbes, James, 1749-1819

Bridge over the river Biswamintree, near Brodera

Hand-coloured engraving of a bridge image by James Forbes, engraved by J. Shury. Scene of the bridge over the river "Biswamintree" (Vishwamitri) near Brodera (Vadodara district of India, Gujarat).

Forbes, James, 1749-1819

A view of Bombay, from Malabar Hill, with the island of Caranjah and part of the Indian continent in the distance

Hand-coloured engraving of an image by James Forbes, published by Richard Bentley, 8 New Burlington St., 1834 and engraved by James Storer. Engraving depicts panorama from Malabar Hill; trees, grass, and two groups of figures in European dress can be seen in the foreground, some buildings and a body of water by the shore. Towards the background is the bay with an island with white low buildings, tall ships on the water, and a mountainous landscape in the distance.

Forbes, James, 1749-1819