Stowe MS 791

"JOURNAL of a summer's excursion, by the road of Montecasino to Naples, and from thence over all the southern parts of Italy, Sicily, and Malta, in the year MDCCLXXII"; by [Sir] William Young [2nd Bart., F.R.S., etc.]. Printed; with marginal notes in the author's band, and a few pen-and-ink sketches. f. 9. The preface is signed, and is dated Delaford [near Uxbridge], 24 Apr. 1774. Followed (f. 82) by seventeen small water-colour drawings of antiquities in Sicily. An entry by the author on the title-page states that the work was not published, that twenty copies were printed in 12^mo, but only the present one in 4^to., and that "the marginal memoranda were written by the author, W. Y., who gave it to the Most Noble George, Marquis of Buckingham, March, 1787." At the beginning are, in Sir W. Young's hand:-(a) Two copies (the second being apparently an amended version of the first) of an Epistle, in Latin elegiacs, to Richard Aldworth Neville [2nd Baron Braybrooke]. ff. 1b, 2b;-and (b) "An Essay relative to Poesti or Posidonia, the remains of which are yet visible in the Gulph of Salerno, 50 miles south of Naples," illustrated by seven water-colour drawings (see below, No. 1022). ff. 4, 7. Paper; ff. 86. At f. 2 is an entry: "Marquis of Buckingham, e dono autoris W. Y. 1785 "; and at f. 9 b is a copy of a note from Sir William Hamilton, dated 23 May, 1784, to the dowager Lady Young, thanking her for a copy of the Journal (described above), and presenting her with his own "melancholy account of Calabria." Small Quarto.

Sir William Young, Baronet: Tour in Italy, Sicily and Malta.: 1772.: Printed, with autogr. additions.

Voyages and Travels: Tour in Italy, Sicily and Malta by Sir W. Young: 1772.: Printed.

Topography Collections of Drawings: Descriptions and drawings of antiquities, etc., in Italy and Sicily: 1772-87.

Antiquities: Account of antiquities in Italy and Sicily, with drawings: late 18th cent.

includes:

• ff. 1 b, 2 b Poetry: Epistle to R. A. Neville, by Sir W. Young: circ. 1780.: Lat.
• ff. 1b, 2 b Sir William Young, Baronet: Epistle, in elegiacs, to R. A. Neville: circ. 1780.: Lat.
• f. 7 Sir William Young, Baronet: Essay on the ruins of Pæstum, with sketches: 1773.: Autogr.
• ff. 7-8 Pæstum, Italy: Essay on the remains of, with drawings: [1773].
• f. 9 b Sir William Hamilton, KB; Envoy at Naples: Letter to Lady Young: 1784.: Copy.
• f. 82 Metapontum, Italy: Drawing of schools of Archytas at: [1774-87].
• ff. 83, 86 Agrigentum, Sicily: Drawings of antiquities at: 1774-87.
• f. 84 Selinunte, Sicily: Drawing of ruins of: [1774-87].
• f. 84 Segeste, Sicily: Drawings of remains of: [1774-87].