Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy, and Germany (Volume 1); In 2 Vol - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1789. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... quaintance; and after the connexion has continued for some years, will be relinquished with pain, perhaps even in exchange for warmer colouring and stronger expression. St. Mark's Place, after all I had read and all I had heard of it, exceeded expectation such a cluster of excellence, such a constellation of artificial beauties, my mind had never ventured to excite the idea of within herself; though assisted with all the powers of doing fp which painters can bestow, and with all the advantages derived from verbal and written description. It was half an hour before I could, think of looking for the bronze horses, of which one has heard so much ; and from which when one has once begun to look, there is no possibility of withdrawing one's attention. The general effect produced by such architecture, such painting, such pillars; illuminated as I saw them last night by the moon at full, rising out of the sea, produced an effect like enchantment; and indeed the more than magical sweetness of Venetian manners, dialect, and address, confirms one's notion, and realizes the scenes laid by Fenelpn in their once tributary ifland of Cyprus. L 4 The The pcle set up as commemorative of their past dominion over it, grieves one the more, when every hour shews how congenial that place must have been to them, if every thing one reads of it has any foundation in truth. The Ducal palace is so beautiful, it were worth while almost to cross the Alps to fee that, and return home again : and St. Mark's church, whose Mosaic paintings on the outside are surpassed by no work of art, delights one no less on entering with its numberless rarities; the flooring first, which is all paved with precious stones of the second rank, in small squares, not bigger than a playing card, and somstimes less...
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Book Description
Hester Piozzi's 1789 Observations of her travels around Europe with her second husband is a witty and fascinating account, full of conversational anecdotes and local colour, which today make it a valuable work of social history, as well as the entertaining travel book that it was originally intended to be.
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