John Loveday of Caversham, 1711-1789 : the life and tours of an eighteenth-century onlooker / Sarah Markham
1984, 1st edition. Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire : M. Russell. Provenance: Bookplate of Suzanne Eward. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Four-page author autograph letter loosely inserted. Item #390896
ISBN: 0859550958
Physical description; 622 pp., 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; 1 Childhood and Schooldays 1711-1727 I -- 2 Oxford and Hearne I728-1729 19 -- 3 The First Ride to Wales 1729 34 -- 4 Over the Brecon Hills 1730 52 -- 5 The South Coast 1730 66 -- 6 A Taste for Country Houses 173 1 80 -- 7 To the Defence of Hearne 1731-1732 1O4 -- 8 To Ireland and Scotland 1732 120 -- 9 Return to Ireland 1733 142 -- io The Waterland Conspiracy 1734-1735 169 -- S1 North, East and Farewell to Hearne 1735 188 -- 12 Devon and Cornwall 1736 214 -- 13 Holland and Flanders 1736-1737 252 -- 14 Friends and Forays 1737-1738 283 -- 15 A New Way of Life I738-1739 307 -- 16 An Unhappy Ending 1739-1743 329 -- 17 Second Marriage 1744-1746 352 -- 18 Mixed Fortunes 1747-1754 372 -- 19 Love and War 1754-1762 398 -- 20 Peaceful Conclusions 176o-1789 426 -- Envoi 453 -- Bibliographical and Source Notes 455 -- Principal Manuscript Sources 466 -- Select Bibliography 468 -- Appendix 475 -- Places Mentioned in the Appendix 551 -- Index of Artists Mentioned in the Appendix 553 -- General Index 555. Subjects; Loveday, John 1711-1789 Diaries. Biography. Travelers Great Britain. Manners and customs. Antiquaries.
Price: €45.00