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Tour in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, in 1796 and 1797 : volume the first
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391 unnumbered pages
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.