Notes of a journey to Vienna and back
Manuscript
1851 (handwritten)
1851 (handwritten)
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Cole's diary of the journey comprises 52 numbered pages, written in ink with ink sketches, interleaved with blank sheets.
Following the journal are six letters from Minton to Cole, dated Dec. 29, 1851-Mar. 22, 1852.
Also bound in the volume are two printed maps, marked with the journey; an engraved panoramic view of Cologne; three timetables; two playbills; a menu; a price list from the Königlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur in Berlin; and 34 miscellaneous bills (chiefly from hotels) and receipts.
Title-page dated 1870.
Title-page inscribed in ink: Henry Cole, his book 1872.
Binding: Half bound [in 1870?] in red morocco with red cloth over boards; spine title in gold letters; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; "bound by Riviere" at foot of first free endpaper. Spine title: MSS. notes of a journey to and from Vienna. MDCCCLI.
Following the journal are six letters from Minton to Cole, dated Dec. 29, 1851-Mar. 22, 1852.
Also bound in the volume are two printed maps, marked with the journey; an engraved panoramic view of Cologne; three timetables; two playbills; a menu; a price list from the Königlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur in Berlin; and 34 miscellaneous bills (chiefly from hotels) and receipts.
Title-page dated 1870.
Title-page inscribed in ink: Henry Cole, his book 1872.
Binding: Half bound [in 1870?] in red morocco with red cloth over boards; spine title in gold letters; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; "bound by Riviere" at foot of first free endpaper. Spine title: MSS. notes of a journey to and from Vienna. MDCCCLI.
Object details
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| Title | Notes of a journey to Vienna and back (assigned by artist) |
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| Brief description | Manuscript, Notes of a journey to Vienna and back in November and December MDCCCLI : in company with Herbert Minton, 1851. |
| Physical description | Cole's diary of the journey comprises 52 numbered pages, written in ink with ink sketches, interleaved with blank sheets. Following the journal are six letters from Minton to Cole, dated Dec. 29, 1851-Mar. 22, 1852. Also bound in the volume are two printed maps, marked with the journey; an engraved panoramic view of Cologne; three timetables; two playbills; a menu; a price list from the Königlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur in Berlin; and 34 miscellaneous bills (chiefly from hotels) and receipts. Title-page dated 1870. Title-page inscribed in ink: Henry Cole, his book 1872. Binding: Half bound [in 1870?] in red morocco with red cloth over boards; spine title in gold letters; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; "bound by Riviere" at foot of first free endpaper. Spine title: MSS. notes of a journey to and from Vienna. MDCCCLI. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Purchased with the aid of a grant from the Friends of the National Libraries. |
| Object history | Written by Henry Cole in 1851. Part of a collection of material relating to Henry Cole once owned by his great grand-daughter, Cynthia Dutnall. The collection was sold by her grandson. Purchased in 1997, together with another travel journal entitled Notes of a journey to Palermo and back in October, November & December, MDCCCLXVIII : in company with Lieut.-Col. Scott, R.E. (MSL/1997/2/2), with the aid of a grant from the Friends of the National Libraries. |
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| Library number | MSL/1997/2/1 |
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| Record created | May 19, 2022 |
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