{"product_id":"the-letters-of-john-b-s-morritt-of-rokeby-descriptive-of-journeys-in-europe-and-asia-minor-in-the-years-1794-1796-paperback-9781108042222","title":"The Letters of John B. S. Morritt of Rokeby; Descriptive of Journeys in Europe and Asia Minor in the Years 1794–1796 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108042222","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Letters of John B. S. Morritt of Rokeby\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDescriptive of Journeys in Europe and Asia Minor in the Years 1794–1796\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Grand Tour letters of traveller and classical scholar John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (1771–1843), first published in 1914.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn B. S. Morritt (Author), George Eden Marindin (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108042222, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages, 6 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis works is an account by John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (1771–1843), traveller, classical scholar and friend of Sir Walter Scott, of his Grand Tour during the years 1794–6. His letters home were edited by G. E. Marindin (1841–1939) and published in 1914. In 1790 Morritt inherited the Rokeby estate, County Durham, and came into a considerable fortune. Educated at St John's College, Cambridge, he graduated in 1794, and soon afterwards set out for the continent. Visiting Constantinople, Troy, the Greek islands, Crete, Naples, Rome and Venice, Morritt developed a lifelong passion for European art and culture (he purchased the Rokeby Venus in 1813). He was well-read in Greek and Latin literature, had a considerable taste for antiquarian research, and was undeterred by the dangers of traversing Europe during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to his editor, 'it would be difficult to imagine a better traveller'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Journey from Ostend to Dresden\u003cbr\u003e 2. Vienna - the Polish insurrection\u003cbr\u003e 3. Journey from Vienna to Constantinople, with some digressions about Vienna and Styria\u003cbr\u003e 4. Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e 5. Travels in Asia Minor and Samos\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Troad and the site of the Homeric Troy: the Islands of Chios and Lesbos\u003cbr\u003e 7. From Athos and Salonica through Thessaly and Boeotia: Athens\u003cbr\u003e 8. Through the Morea, including the territory of the Mainotes in Laconia\u003cbr\u003e 9. Aegean Islands: Crete\u003cbr\u003e 10. Olympia and the Ionian Islands\u003cbr\u003e 11. Naples\u003cbr\u003e 12. From Rome, through Trieste and Vienna, to Cuxhaven\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266069614872,"sku":"9781108042222","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108042222i_762b9a13-6ab9-433a-9537-046cf81e2e1a.jpg?v=1696746540","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-letters-of-john-b-s-morritt-of-rokeby-descriptive-of-journeys-in-europe-and-asia-minor-in-the-years-1794-1796-paperback-9781108042222","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}