Sir Richard Colt Hoare

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After the death of his wife, antiquarian Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838) left his only child in England and embarked on a series of journeys through continental Europe in pursuit of 'novelty, pleasure and information' in order to assuage his grief. At the end of the 1780s he deliberately diverged from the more conventional tourist trail in favour of a route through the then less-documented areas of Italy and down into Sicily, using classical authors as his guides. This work, first published in 1819, draws heavily on his daily journal entries to elucidate areas and points of interest that he felt had been overlooked in previous guides to Italy. Quotations from Horace, Tacitus and Pliny pertaining to ancient sites and practices are frequently included in Hoare's narrative, and he meticulously recreates the journey from Rome to Brundisium described by Horace in his Satires.

Tending to Illustrate Some Districts, which Have Not Been Described by Mr. Eustace, in His Classical Tour

A Classical Tour Through Italy and Sicily

Collected During the Years 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790

A Catalogue of Books Relating to the History and Topography of Italy

John Bowyer Nichols

To which are Added, An Account of the Museum of British Antiquities; A Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings, and a Description of the Mansion

Catalogue of the Hoare Library at Stourhead, Co. Wilts

The Journeys of Sir Richard Colt Hoare Through Wales and England, 1793-1810

Sir Richard Colt Hoare

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