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: Hakluyt Society, 2004. Large 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 331, [1]; 49 figures in the text; a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Issued as no. 14 in the Hakluyt Society's Third Series. "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" (jacket blurb). Item #64171

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