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Tour in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, in 1796 and 1797 : volume the fourth.
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CA RBD MSG 276-4
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November-December 1796 (Creation)
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approximately 400 unnumbered pages
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(1749-1819)
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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.