MY DEAR FRIEND,
Most grateful it is to me, at all times, to bear in remembrance those pleasant discussions in which we were wont so frequently to indulge, relating to the LIBRARIES upon the Continent:--but more than ordinarily gratifying to me was that moment, when you told me, that, on crossing the Rhine, you took the third volume of my Tour under your arm, and on reaching the Monasteries of Mölk and Göttwic, gave an off-hand translation to the venerable Benedictine Inmates of what I had recorded concerning their MSS. and Printed Books, and their hospitable reception of the Author. I studiously concealed from You, at the time, the whole of the gratification which that intelligence imparted; resolving however that, should this work be deemed worthy of a second edition, to dedicate that republication to YOURSELF. Accordingly, it now comes forth in its present form, much enhanced, in the estimation of its Author, by the respectability of the name prefixed to this Dedication; and wishing you many years enjoyment of the honourable public situation with which you have been recently, and so deservedly, invested, allow me to subscribe myself,
Your affectionate
and obliged Friend,
T.F. DIBDIN.
Wyndham Place,
June 30, 1829.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
VOLUME I.
LETTER I.
Passage to Dieppe
LETTER II.
DIEPPE. Fisheries. Streets. Churches of St. Jacques and St. Remy. Divine Worship. Military Mass
LETTER III.
Village and Castle of Arques. Sabbath Amusements. Manners and Customs. Boulevards
LETTER IV.
ROUEN. Approach. Boulevards. Population. Street-Scenery
LETTER V.
Ecclesiastical Architecture. Cathedral. Monuments. Religious Ceremonies. The Abbey of St. Ouen. The Churches of St. Maclou, St. Vincent, St. Vivien, St. Gervais, and St. Paul
LETTER VI.
Halles de Commerce. Place de la Pucelle d'Orleans. (Jeanne d'Arc). Basso-Rilievo of the Champ de Drap d'Or. Palace and Courts of Justice
LETTER VII.
ROUEN. The Quays. Bridge of Boats. Rue du Bac. Rue de Robec. Eaux de Robec et d'Aubette. Mont Ste. Catherine. Hospices--Générale et d'Humanité
LETTER VIII.
Early Typography at Rouen. Modern Printers. Chap Books. Booksellers. Book Collectors
LETTER IX.
Departure from Rouen. St. George de Boscherville. Duclair. Marivaux. The Abbey of Jumieges. Arrival at Caudebec
LETTER X.
Caudebec. Lillebonne. Bolbec. Tankarville. Montmorenci Castle. Havre de Grace
LETTER XI.
Havre de Grace. Honfleur. Journey to Caen
LETTER XII.
CAEN. Soil. Society. Education. A Duel. Old houses. The Abbey of St. Stephen. Church of St. Pierre de Darnetal. Abbé de la Sainte Trinité. Other Public Edifices
LETTER XIII.
CAEN. Literary Society. Abbé de la Rue. Messrs. Pierre-Aimé. Lair and Lamouroux. Medal of Malherbe. Booksellers. Memoir of the late M. Moysant, Public Librarian. Courts of Justice
LETTER XIV.
BAYEUX. Cathedral. Ordination of Priests and Deacons. Crypt of the Cathedral
LETTER XV.
BAYEUX. Visit near St. Loup. M. Pluquet, Apothecary and Book-Vendor. Visit to the Bishop. The Chapter Library. Description of the Bayeux Tapestry. Trade and Manufacture
LETTER XVI.
Bayeux to Coutances. St. Lo. The Cathedral of Coutances. Environs. Aqueduct. Market-Day. Public Library. Establishment for the Clergy
LETTER XVII.
Journey to Granville. Granville. Ville Dieu. St. Sever. Town and Castle of VIRE
LETTER XVIII.
VIRE. Bibliography. Monsieur Adam. Monsieur de la Renaudiere. Olivier Basselin. M. Séguin. The Public Library
LETTER XIX.
Departure from Vire. Condé. Pont Ouilly. Arrival at FALAISE. Hotel of the Grand Turc. Castle of Falaise. Bibliomaniacal Interview
LETTER XX.
Mons. Mouton. Church of Ste. Trinité, Comte de la Fresnaye. Guibray Church. Supposed head of William the Conqueror. M. Langevin, Historian of Falaise. Printing Offices
LETTER XXI.
Journey to Paris. Dreux. Houdan. Versailles. Entrance into Paris
LIST OF PLATES.
VOL. I.
Portrait of the Author
Fille de Chambre, Caen
Portrait of the Abbé de la Rue
VOL. II.
Anne of Brittany
Medal of Louis XII
Pisani
Denon
Comte de Brienne
Stone Pulpit, Strasbourg Cathedral
VOL. III.
Fille de Chambre, Manheim
Monastery of Saints Ulric and Afra
Prater, Vienna
LIST OF AUTOGRAPHS.
| Vol. | Page. | |
| Artaria, Dom. Manheim | iii. | 470 |
| Barbier, Antoine Alexandre; Paris | ii. | 204 |
| Bartsch, Adam de; Vienna | iii. | 394 |
| Beyschlag, Recteur; Augsbourg | iii. | 104 |
| Brial, Dom; Paris | ii. | 254 |
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