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A series of travel letters recounting journeys through Central Europe and Italy, combining topographical description, historical anecdotes, and reflections on art, architecture, religious observance, and local customs. The writer records cityscapes and landscapes—from Bohemian streets and Alpine passes to Venetian canals and Roman ruins—interleaving sketches of civic institutions, artistic collections, and performances with commentary on politics, literature, and social life. Visits to galleries, churches, and archaeological sites prompt analyses of artists and artistic schools, while reports of festivals, transportation, and inns provide practical travel detail. The tone balances descriptive immediacy with informed historical and cultural context, offering impressions useful to readers interested in art, history, and travel.

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Title: Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843, vol. 2 of 2

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Release date: August 23, 2024 [eBook #74301]

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Edward Moxon, 1844

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RAMBLES
IN
GERMANY AND ITALY,
IN
1840, 1842, AND 1843.

BY
MRS. SHELLEY.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
EDWARD MOXON, DOVER STREET.
MDCCCXLIV.
O vedovate da perpetuo gelo
Terre, e d’incerto di mest sorriso,
Addio! * * * Questo petto anelo
Scosse di gioia un palpito improvviso,
Quando il Tiranno splendido del cielo
Mi rivelò d’ Italia il paradiso.—Niccolini.
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS WHITEFRIARS.