Letters from several parts of Europe and the East: Difference between revisions

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=http://books.google.com/books?id=2eYNAAAAYAAJ|year=1760|editor=Printed for W. Bristow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Maihows|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/tour-through-several-parts-of-europe-and-the-east-especially-the-following-places-bologne-paris-and-its-environs-nemours-and-lyons-containing-the-writers-observations-on-the-productions-of-nature-the-monuments-of-art-and-the-manners-of-the-inhabitants-in-2-volumes-1/oclc/888832925&referer=brief_results|title=A tour through several parts of Europe and the East: especially the following places: Bologne, Paris and its environs, Nemours and Lyons ... ; containing the writer's observations on the productions of nature, the monuments of art and the manners of the inhabitants ; in 2 volumes. 1 1|date=1760|publisher=Bristow|location=London|language=English|oclc=888832925}}</ref> They were translated into French and published in four volumes in 1763 under the title ''Voyage en France, en Italie et aux isles de l'archipel'',<ref name="MaihowsPuisieux1763">{{Cite book|last=Maihows|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=24BYAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y&hl=it|title=Voyage en France, en Italie et aux isles de l'Archipel, ou Lettres écrites de plusieurs endroits de l'Europe et du Levant en 1750 [etc.]: avec des observations de l'Auteur sur les diverses productions de la nature & de l'Art|date=1763|publisher=Charpentier|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Libri di viaggio — Grand Tour|url=https://grandtour.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/indici/libri-di-viaggio/base_view?b_start:int=160&-C=|access-date=2021-03-29|website=grandtour.bncf.firenze.sbn.it}}</ref> by Philippe-Florent Puisieux.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=YoFgAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA270&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=PI - RZ|date=1804|language=fr}}</ref> They were published again in French in 1783.<ref name="Essarts1801">{{Cite book|last=Essarts|first=Nicolas Le Moyne connu sous le nom de Des|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=9V5MAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA279&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Les siecles litteraires de la France, ou nouveau dictionnaire, historique ... de tous les ecrivains francais ... jusqu'a la fin du 18e siecle|date=1801|publisher=Desessarts|language=fr}}</ref> The 1881 French edition as a summary preparation in mind of Hippolyte Bonnardot<ref>http{{Cite web|title=Gallica|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&query=%28gallica(gallica%20all%20%22Voyage%20en%20France%2C,%20en%20Italie%20et%20aux%20isles%20de%20l%27archipel%22%29)%20and%20dc.creator%20all%20%22maihows%2C,%20dr%22#resultat|url-idstatus=live|access-1date=2021-04-06|website=gallica.bnf.fr}}</ref> is the first to bear the name of the author, the dr. Maihows.