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Wastebook,1850s

Consists of manuscript notebook in limp, hand-cut and sewn leather binding (front cover only). Records in chronological order primarily business expenditures (hides and skins for tanning) covering the years 1852-1856. One entry (in pencil) is dated 1881.

Curtis, Enoch, 1805-1886

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.

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