Notebook containing notes and journal entries of travels, 1778-95
File
MS. Beckford e. 2
Held at the Weston Library
- (pp. 3-10, 41, 64v-5) 5 and 7 July (Lake of Geneva) and undated entries, 1778, Switzerland
- (pp. 29-32, 33-5, 37-40, 42-51, 81-2) 10-13 July, 10, 27-8 August and undated entries, 1783, Savoy and Switzerland
- (p. 63) 2 Jan., 21 Feb. 1784 [Paris]
- (pp. 52-3, 58-60, 66, 68-70) 27-8 August, 9 Sept., 21 Oct. 1787, Portugal, and 19 Dec. 1787, Spain (Escurial), extracts printed in Journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain, ed. Boyd Alexander (1954), pp. 179, 183, 201-2, 239-41, 295
- (pp. 13-24) 1-2 Dec. 1795, Aranjuez, Spain, printed in Italy (1834), ii, pp. 365-81 (a fair copy is in MS. Beckford d. 8)
- (pp. 61-2, 77-9, 83-4, 88-90) undated entries, mainly Switzerland and France
With:
- (front and back pastedowns) sketches of coats of arms
- (pp. 1, 71) architectural and topographical sketches
Dates
- Creation: 1778-95
Extent
90 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Beckford e. 2
Arrangement
Not entered in chronological order.
Physical Facet
Binding: green stiffened paper wrappers (damaged)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk