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Voyage en Angleterre
- Title
- Voyage en Angleterre / Malesherbes ; édition présentée, établie et annotée par Michèle Crogiez Labarthe.
- Author
- Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de, 1721-1794.
- Publication
- Paris : Desjonquères, c2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Crogiez Labarthe, Michèle.
- Description
- 222 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- This diary records the individuals and sights that he saw while in England. There are many observations of life in London, e.g. parks, buildings, paintings, food. Outside of London he visited many towns, including Manchester and its cotton mills as well as the steel mills of Birmingham. He relates his visit to Drury Lane and the dramatic performance of Sarah Siddons. Some of the people he met included Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Charles Blagden, Matthew Boulton, Joseph Priestley, William Pitt the Younger, and Benjamin Vaughan. He also visited and described the gardens at Kew. The diary includes several sketches, including the plan of Blenheim Palace, and also a table of distances traveled.
- Series Statement
- XVIIIe siècle
- Uniform Title
- Collection XVIIIe siècle.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-32) and index.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 10-19249
- ISBN
- 9782843211140
- 284321114X
- LCCN
- 2009663461
- OCLC
- 469634426
- Author
- Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de, 1721-1794.
- Title
- Voyage en Angleterre / Malesherbes ; édition présentée, établie et annotée par Michèle Crogiez Labarthe.
- Imprint
- Paris : Desjonquères, c2009.
- Series
- XVIIIe siècleCollection XVIIIe siècle.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-32) and index.
- Indexed Term
- French Literature Travel Narrative England 18th Century
- Added Author
- Crogiez Labarthe, Michèle.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 10-19249