Henry Holland | Travel diaries and letters, 1811-1873

Sir Henry Holland

A collection of nine diaries and eight collections of letters by Sir Henry Holland recording his travels. c.1811-1873

17 8vo manuscript diaries of various sizes and bindings, mostly marbled boards, all worn, comprising:

Letters from Henry Holland to his father, Peter Holland:

i) Letters 1-3. Iceland, spine peeling

ii) Letters 5-7. Iberian peninsula, 1812, upper cover detached

iii) Letters 7-9. Iberian peninsula, 1812, worn

iv) Letters 9-11. Iberian peninsula, Italy, Sicily, Gibraltar, 1812, upper cover almost detached

v) Letters 11-13. Sicily, 1812, spine frayed, upper cover detached

vi) Letters 13-15. Sicily and Albania, 1812, upper cover detached, many leaves loose

vii) Letters 15-20. Albania and Ali Pasha, 1812-1813, upper cover detached, many leaves loose

viii) Letters 20-24. Iberian peninsula, Malta, and Mediterranean, 1813, upper cover detached, many leaves loose

Journals:

i) Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, Boeotia, Attica and Morea. 1811, including notes in Greek, musical notation, hand-drawns maps and illustrations, upper cover detached

ii) Sardinia, Sicily, the Ionian Isles and Turkey. 1812, including notes in Greek, musical notation, hand-drawn maps and illustrations, spine frayed

iii) Belgium, the Grand Duchy of the Rhine, and Holland. 1819, including itinerary with mileage and illustrations, worn

iv) Entitled 'Vol I', retrospective diary written in London, 1821, of the years 1799-1821, and diary of the years 1821-1829, spine very worn, extremities worn

v) Entitled 'Vol. III', of the years 1843-1847, travels throughout Europe and north Africa, worn

vi) Entitled 'Vol. IV', of the years 1847-1854, beginning in Egypt, with two ink illustrations loosely inserted, worn

vii) Entitled 'Vol. V', of the years 1854-1863, including travels to the Baltic and the United States, worn

viii) Diary of the years 1863-1870, including list on final leaf of the years and destinations of all Sir Henry Holland's travels, worn, spine frayed

ix) Diary of the years 1870-1873, beginning in Jamaica, worn

A remarkable collection of diaries and letters by the eminent nineteenth-century traveller and physician Sir Henry Holland (1788-1873). In his lifetime Holland visited every European capital and travelled more than 26,000 miles in America over eight separate trips.