American Travelers to Italy in the Eighteenth Century: A Journal of Samuel Powel (Rome, 1764)
Firenze: Studie per Edizione Scelte, 2001. Paperback. Patterned teal wraps with French flaps. Cream title block with black/brown lettering. 107 pp. with 8 bw illustrations. Errata sheet laid in. VG- (has light wear to edges and covers; pages are clean and bright; binding is solid). Item #147230
Powel's journal from his visit to Rome, briefly describing 37 different palaces, villas, basilicas, and other wonders of Rome (Coliseum, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Library, Baths of Titus, Nymphaneum Aquae Iuliae, etc.) The book was inspired by Jackson's interest in the number of early American tourists who went to Italy, and specifically the number from Philadelphia who traveled to Rome, of which Powel was one.
OCLC: 49543777
Price: $35.00