Vestiges of ancient manners and customs, discoverable in modern Italy and Sicily / By the Rev. John James Blunt.

  • Blunt, John J. (John James), 1794-1855.
Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Vestiges of ancient manners and customs, discoverable in modern Italy and Sicily / By the Rev. John James Blunt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    selves to my notice. I entered them in my journal as they occurred ; and finding them numerous beyond my expectation, and moreover receiving much amuse- ment from the detection of them, I was led, both in holding intercourse with the living, and in inspecting the relics of ge- nerations past, to keep the subject con- stantly in sight. The observations which I thus made I had an opportunity of cor- recting and augmenting by a second visit to Italy in the years 1820 and 1821; during which latter period I resided for some months in a native family, for the purpose of prosecuting my plan with ereater advantage. The result has been the little book that is here offered to the public; to which, though popular spec- tacles, agriculture, domestic economy, and other topics, furnish their contin-