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'''''Letters from several parts of Europe and the East''''' (full title ''Letters from several parts of Europe and the East. Written in the Years 1750, ... in there are contained the Writer' s Observation on the Productions of Nature, the Monuments of Art, and the Manners of the Inhabitants'') is a 1750
The travel takes place for the most part in Italy. Unlike most travelers who did the [[Grand Tour]], Maihows' intent was not to expand his own and
''Letters from several parts of Europe'' is one of the accounts that helped to outline the image of Italy at that time and of [[Tuscany]] in particular.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gli indici — Grand Tour|url=https://grandtour.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/indici|access-date=2021-03-29|website=grandtour.bncf.firenze.sbn.it}}</ref>
== Publishing history ==
The book had a very troubled publishing story.<ref name="grandtour" /> Published anonymously in 1750, the "Letters" were republished in London in 1760<ref>{{Cite book|last=An English gentleman|url=http://archive.org/details/atourthroughsev00gentgoog|title=A Tour Through Several Parts of Europe and the East: Especially the ...|date=1760|publisher=Printed for W. Bristow|others=New York Public Library|language=English}}</ref> in two volumes with the title ''A tour through several parts of Europe and the East''.<ref>{{Cite book|author=English gentleman|title=A tour through several parts of Europe and the East: especially the following places: Bologne, Paris and its environs, Nemours and Lyons ... In a series of letters from an English gentleman of distinguished abilities: containing the writer's observations on the productions of nature, the monuments of art, and the manners of the inhabitants ...|url=
== Content ==
Most of the report focused on the trip to Italy. Dr. Maihows visits numerous cities including [[Genova]], [[Milan]], [[Venice]], [[Brescia]], [[Verona]], [[Vicenza]], [[Padua]], [[Ferrara]], [[Ravenna]], [[Rimini]], [[Pesaro]], [[Recanati]], [[Spoleto]], [[Terni]], [[Narni]], [[Rome]], going to the South to [[Naples]] and [[Ercolano]]; returning to the North, the traveler went to [[Siena]], [[Livorno]], [[Pisa]], [[Florence]] and [[Bologna]]; the city of Emilia is
== References ==
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== Further
*{{Cite book|surname=Maihows|title=Voyage en France et Italie et aux Isles de l'Archipel, ou Lettres Écrites de Plusieurs Endroits de l'Europe et du Levant en 1750, &c. |volume=1|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=6107233&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&search_terms=DTL7&pds_handle=|year=1763|publisher=chez Charpentier, libraire, Quai des Augustins, a l'entree de la rue du Hurepoix, a S. Crysostome|location=A Paris|language=fr}}
*{{Cite book|surname=Maihows|title=Voyage en France et Italie et aux Isles de l'Archipel, ou Lettres Écrites de Plusieurs Endroits de l'Europe et du Levant en 1750, &c. |volume=2|url=https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=6108340&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&search_terms=DTL7&pds_handle=|year=1763|publisher=chez Charpentier, libraire, Quai des Augustins, a l'entree de la rue du Hurepoix, a S. Crysostome|location=A Paris|language=fr}}
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