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The Letters of John B. S. Morritt of Rokeby - Descriptive of Journeys in Europe and Asia Minor in the Years 1794-1796 (Paperback)
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The Letters of John B. S. Morritt of Rokeby - Descriptive of Journeys in Europe and Asia Minor in the Years 1794-1796 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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This 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'.
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