An itinerary vvritten by Fynes Moryson Gent. First in the Latine tongue, and then translated by him into English
Subtitle: containing his ten yeeres trauell through the tvvelue dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Jtaly, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. Diuided into III parts. The I. part. Containeth a iournall through all the said twelue dominions: shewing particularly the number of miles, the soyle of the country, the situation of cities, the descriptions of them, with all monuments in each place worth the seeing, as also the rates of hiring coaches or horses from place to place, with each daies expences for diet, horse-meate, and the like. The II. part. Containeth the rebellion of Hugh, Earle of Tyrone, and the appeasing thereof: written also in forme of a iournall. The III. part. Containeth a discourse vpon seuerall heads, through all the said seuerall dominions
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Printed by Iohn Beale, dwelling in Aldersgate street
Published: 1617
Place of publication: At London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Tyrone's Rebellion, 1597-1603; Early works to 1800; Description and travel
Description: "This is the first edition of an early English-language combination of travelogue (part I), military history (Part II), and guide for tourists (Part III) .... The first part of this book is a detailed account of these travels reporting on the routes he travelled, evaluating the accomodations, available, enumerating the amounts of time and money expended, and critiquing the "must-see" sights of various locales. In the second part, Moryson deals with the years 1599-1602, which he spent in Ireland. There, he acted as secretary to Lord Mountjoy, commander of the English troops fighting the uprising of Irish chieftains know as the Nine Years' War or Tyrone's Rebellion. The final ... portion of the work ... describes the customs, dress, diet, economies, and politics of Europen countries ...."--bookseller's description.
Notes: Two-page title, [par.]2v and [par.]3r.

The first leaf is blank except for signature-mark "[par.]"; the last leaf is blank.

In three parts, each with separate pagination; register is continuous.

The contents of the parts on the second page of title is printed in roman. Variant: second page of title is a cancel, with the description of parts in italic.

STC (2nd ed.) 18205.

Bound in nineteenth-century russia.