Italy, Sardinia, Genoa, Venice, Milan, Parma, Mantua, Monaco, Modena, Lucca, Tuscany, Rome, Bologna
Reference code
WAY/01/19
Title
Italy, Sardinia, Genoa, Venice, Milan, Parma, Mantua, Monaco, Modena, Lucca, Tuscany, Rome, Bologna
Date
c 1830-1840
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
octavo
leather-bound, gold-tooled spine
octavo
leather-bound, gold-tooled spine
Scope and content
This is a small bound notebook of 270 pages, hand paginated, containing handwritten chapters on each of Sardinia, Genoa, Vebice, Milan, Parma, Mantua, Monaco, Modena, Lucca, Tuscany, Roma, Bologna and an opening chapter on Italy. The notebook lists leaders from 1300, currency and coinage from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth centuries in each region or city, describing in great detail the gold and silver coins and their value, in chronological order. There is a handwritten index at the back of the notebook.
Creator
Way, Albert (1805-1874), antiquary