A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy, 1701-1800 (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)

This remarkable dictionary identifies more than 6000 British and Irish travellers who toured in Italy in the eighteenth century. Compiled from the celebrated archive accumulated by Sir Brinsley Ford, this volume provides brief formal biographies of these travellers, their Italian itineraries, and selective accounts of their experiences as described in contemporary sources.