Venice under the Yoke of France and of Austria: with Memoirs of the Courts, Governments, & People of Italy . . . By a Lady of Rank.
London: Printed for G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1824. First edition. Pine-Coffin 792-8; Colbert. The first travelogue by Catherine Govion Broglio Solari (circa 1755-1844), an entertaining narrative about Italy by an author whose biography is filled with so many inconsistencies and ruses that fact and fiction become difficult to differentiate.....