{"id":2777,"date":"2019-10-18T13:58:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/?page_id=2777"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:54:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:54:39","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/info\/collections\/askb\/travel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection: Early Travel Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A hand-illuminated copy of the Grand Voyages, from a set of six volumes probably done for a member of the Austrian House of Hapsburg, showing a ritual dance performed by Indians native to Virginia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One section of the Military Collection is devoted to travel books, the majority of which which were published before 1850. These were acquired for their rich illustrations often depicting soldiers or military scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of particular interest to architectural and social historians are a group of handsome volumes of colored engravings and lithographs with scenes of capital cities, palaces, and other monumental buildings in Argentina, Austria, England, France, Ireland, Mexico, Prussia, Russia, and other nations. Published in the 18th and 19th centuries, they are included in this collection because illustrations of military figures play at least a minor role in them. Some of the more important series are the famous Sch\u00fctz and Ziegler views of Vienna<\/a> (1794), Pyne’s History of the Royal Residences<\/a> (London, 1819), and Malton’s Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin<\/a> (London, 1792-1794); also Topographie Pittoresque des \u00c9tats Prussiens<\/a> (Berlin, 1788), and Paris et ses Environs<\/a> (1858). Other images from the Military Collection can be viewed in the digital collection titled Paris: Capital of the 19th Century<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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