| Physical Description |
In two sections, preceded by unpaginated prefatory materials (sigs. a-a6, a-a6, e-e6, i-i6). First section in 6s, pagination and signatures start over, pp. 251. Second section in 12s, pagination and signatures start over, pp. 3-447.
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| Notes |
'The Voyage of Italy' has a complex and uncertain publication history of which the following is merely a summary. For a detailed account see Edward Chaney, 'The Grand Tour and the Great Rebellion: Richard Lassels and "The Voyage of Italy" in the seventeenth century' (Geneva, 1985). The origins of Lassels's work are a series of mostly undated manuscripts. The manuscript âThe Description of Italyâ of 1654 was written for David Murray, Lord Balvaird, whom Lassels was unable to accompany to Italy in person (now NL Scot., Adv. MS 15.2.15). Later manuscripts of Lassels's also survive, including âThe Voyage of Italyâ of about 1663 (now at North Yorkshire County Record Office); and âThe Voyage of Italyâ of 1664 (now at Yale University, Beinecke Library). Following Lassels's death a priest named Simon Wilson (who describes himself as Lassels's 'Old friend and fellow traveller') edited the 'Voyage' manuscript, and had it published in first Paris and then London in 1670, as 'The Voyage of Italy, or, A Compleat Journey Through Italy' (1670). The Apodemic 'Preface' occurs at sigs. a1-a6, e1-e6, i1-i6 of the Paris edition. Wilson apparently omitted passages likely to offend protestant tastes (the London edition is more heavily censored than the Paris one). See 'Lassels, Richard', ODNB. Later English editions appeared London, 1686 and London, 1698. This work was also published in French as 'Voyage d'Italie' in Paris editions of 1671 and 1682. A German translation titled 'AusfĂźhrliche Reise-Beschreibung durch Italien' appeared in Frankfurt editions of 1673 and 1696. See Stagl, Apodemiken. |
