iv PREFACE. 



Raphael, and Leo X. who fpread their glory, 

 light, and influence, over the whole inha- 

 bited world ; never, it is hoped, to be loft 

 again. By a juft return, every Art and Sci- 

 ence, and every civilized nation, have been 

 emulous to embellifh Italy, and to give tef- 

 timony to its highly deferved celebrity. 



Per varies cafus & multa dlfcnmina rerum 

 Tendimus In Latium. 



In confequence, this remarkable part of 

 Europe, having been fo much vifited and 

 examined, and fo amply defcribed by able 

 writers, now affords but few topics for 

 the modern traveller to enlarge upon. 

 There have, however, of late appeared forne 

 defcriptions, which prove, that ingenious 

 men may yet coniider Italy in a new 

 point of view. It would be ungrateful not 

 to acknowledge the obligations we are un- 

 der, to the publications of La Condamine, 

 Richard, La Lande, Groiley, Volckmann, 

 Tozzetti, Fortis, Riedefel, Brydone, and 

 Burney ; and it would be unfair not to rank 



Mr. 



