Nouveaux mémoires ou observations sur l'Italie et sur les Italiens, par deux gentilshommes suédois 1-3/3 - Grosley, Pierre Jean 1718-1785 (London Nourse, 1764)
Following his sojourn in Italy in 1745 and 1746, as the military administrator of the maréchal de Maillebois during the War of Austrian Succession, Grosley published his 'Observations sur l'Italie et les Italiens' using his proper name as author. For his 'New Memoires or Observations on Italy' of 1764 he used the anonymous "two Swedish gentlemen" as pseudonym, and introduced them as fictional characters who would have made the journey through italy.
Ex Libris Mme de Chauvelin et Mr d'Imécourt : The Countess de Mérode sold the land of Louppy by a contract dated 1st May 1741 to François Théodore de Custine de Wiltz. Married, but without posterity, he designated his nephew Marie Louis Charles de Vassinhac d'Imécourt as his heir, who married in 1778 Charlotte Ferdinande de Chauvelin, lady-in-waiting of Madame Elisabeth of France, daughter of the Marquis de Chauvelin, lieutenant general, Grand Cross of Saint Louis, ambassador to Turin, master of the Guard Robe of King Louis XV.
Ex Libris Bibliothéque du Chateau de Louppy (plate)
Mme de Chauvelin et Mr d'Imécourt (manuscript)
Traduits du Suédois
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Travel; History; Italy