BRENNAN, Michael G.[Editor];

THE ORIGINS OF THE GRAND TOUR. The Travels of Robert Montagu, Lord Mandeville 1649-1654. William Hammond, 1655-1658, Banaster Maynard, 1660-1663.

London. Published by Hakluyt Society, 2004. 4to. pp.xvii + 331 with black & white illustrations. Blue cloth hardcover in dust wrapper. Very good copy. Item #194589

"The long-term English fascination with the Grand Tour was firmly rooted in the mid-Tudor and early Stuart periods. Such travels were usually prompted by one of three reasons: the practical needs of diplomacy, the aesthetic allure of cultural tourism, and the expediencies of political or religious exile"

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