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The diary, 1839-1841, of Sarah Pahud (née Walker), daughter of a Dolgellau family and wife of Henri Pahud, a Swiss born Paris businessman. The diary is written in English and French.
Pahud describes her honeymoon tour with her husband through France (English, pp. 1-8), Italy (French, pp. 8-30), Switzerland (French, pp. 31-46) and Germany (French, pp. 46-51), April-June 1839; a journey from Paris to Manchester via Dover and London, October 1839 (French, pp. 52-56); and a visit to her family in Dolgellau, travelling via Paris, London and Chester and returning via Birmingham and London, June-September 1841 (English, pp. 56-96). She also visits friends in Barmouth (pp. 75-79) and Ruthin (pp. 80-87) and describes the consecration service of St David's Chapel, Denbigh, 27 August 1841 (pp. 84-85). There are references to Frédéric Chopin and George Sand, with an eyewitness account of Chopin's perceived state of health, 3 May 1839 (pp. 7-8). There are also a few further miscellaneous memoranda, [1858] (ff. 114, 184).

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1991, with one week to a view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 8 verso-60 verso).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 11 verso-54 passim), R. S. Thomas (ff. 15 verso, 16 verso, 18, 19 verso, 20 verso, 33 verso, 59), Tony Conran (f. 18 verso), Daniel Huws (ff. 23 verso, 25), Gareth Wardell (f. 29 verso), Roland Mathias (ff. 31 verso, 32 verso, 47 verso, 53) and the Dock Leaves Group (f. 32 verso). It also describes a visit to Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12-16 April (ff. 23 recto-verso) and a cruise, 3-18 September, of the Eastern Mediterranean, calling at various locations in Greece, Turkey and Italy (ff. 43 verso-45 verso).

An incomplete journal describing part of a tour of Italy, 12 October-9 December [1822] (watermark 1813); the writer is unknown but does not appear to be Thomas Prior.
The journal begins in Fiorenz[u]ola [d'Arda], 12 October, with the writer and his party then moving on to Parma (ff. 1 verso-2), Bologna (f. 2 recto-verso), Florence (ff. 3 verso-5 verso), Terni (ff. 7 verso-8), Rome, 5-17 November (ff. 10-11) and Naples (ff. 13 verso), arriving on 23 November. The volume ends with an account of an ascent of Vesuvius on 9 December (ff. 14-16), including a sketch of the mountain (f. 15).

Journal, April 1887-November 1888, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Bournemouth, London, Uffington and Canford, and in Italy.

Journal, 1 September 1853-28 December 1854, 10 April-3 June 1855, of Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber), in Canford, Dowlais, London, France and Italy.
Also included are loose notes for a journal, 1858-1860 (9 ff.).

Journal kept by Philip Davies Cooke of a tour through parts of Italy in 1818.

Journal kept by Philip Davies Cooke of a tour through parts of Italy and Sicily, March-June 1817.

A journal of Henry Richard's tour, with his wife and Mr and Mrs Bishop, in Switzerland and Italy, September 1880, and of a journey in Italy, August-September 1883.

A journal of Henry Richard's tour of Italy, December 1866-January 1867.

Journal, 1770, of [?Henry Arthur Herbert], kept during a tour through France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, together with an account of glaciers.

A journal of John Thomas, 30 September-21 December 1854, describing a tour in Italy, visiting Genoa, Naples, Pompeii and Rome.
Also included (f. 1 verso) is an account of the start of his first journey to the continent, 22 October 1851 (see MS 23392iA, f. 1).

Journal kept by Philip Davies Cooke of a tour through parts of France and Italy, February-May 1824.

A journal of Henry Richard's visits to Paris and Italy, 1867.

Journals kept by Frances (Fanny) Williams Wynn during tours in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and Italy, 1833-1840. Some of the journals contain engravings and original sketches.

Journals of Joan Denny describing a tour in Germany, France, Switzerland and Italy, August-October 1878 (MS 23404A, pp. 1-80; MS 23405A, pp. 1-130), and a visit to Vienna, Munich and Nuremberg, May 1880 (MS 23405A, pp. 131-154).

Photograph album containing a small number of photographs taken by Gareth Jones during his visit to Italy in 1922. Also includes photographs of Mount Vesuvius. There are also a few photographs of members of the family.

Journal of Maria Elizabeth Thomas, containing a description of her travels in Italy, 1820, visiting Genoa, Sienna and Florence; a translation from the Italian of Act 1 of Alfieri's tragedy, Philip II; and a transcript of a story in German; with an engraving of Whichelo's 'Destruction of Jerusalem' [watermark 1822] pasted inside the back cover.