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Victorian travel journals & diaries.- Bell family (of Ford House, Sunderland & Newbus Grange, near Darlington) Collection of 15 manuscript diaries, travel journals, commonplace book etc. by members of the Bell family, autograph manuscripts, numerous pp., original leather and other bindings, v.s., v.d., 1838-1914; and a quantity of related letters and documents, v.s., v.d. (15 vol. & qty). Includes: (1). Bell (Mary, of Ford House) [Diary], 2 vol., autograph manuscript, together c. 330pp., first vol. original diced calf, slightly rubbed, brass clasp, second vol. original morocco, gilt, 8vo, 10th September 1838 - May 1850. (2). Bell (William) A short account of Towns and places passed through on a Journey through France, Switzerland, Germany, The Rhine, and Belgium..., autograph manuscript, 142pp. excluding blanks, original green vellum, slightly rubbed, brass clasp, 8vo, 13th April 1843. (3). Bell (William M.) Journal of a Tour in 1861 [&] Letter of a Visit to the French & English Fleets in 1865, autograph manuscript, c. 240pp. excluding blanks, original morocco, gilt, 8vo, October 1861 - January 1862 & 1865. (4). Bell (William Charles [Journal of a tour to Italy & Switzerland], autograph manuscript, 72pp. excluding blanks, original cloth, creased, 8vo, 1866. (5). Bell (Louisa, of Roche Court, near Salisbury) [Journal of a European Tour, including Paris, Mentone, Florence, Venice, Vienna, Munich etc.], autograph manuscript, 98pp. excluding blanks, original morocco, brass clasp, 8vo, 1873. ⁂ "Wednesday June 13th [1866] Cernobia [Cernobbio] Thunder storms all day... . Charlie went to Como. Garibaldi went down the lake saw his return guns fired &c." - William Charles Bell