To the geologist, the
mineralogist, and botanist, especially to the former, France also is an
interesting country, especially since Cuvier and other learned men in
this department of science, have displayed the stores of important facts
which France offers on this subject: her agriculture, and especially her
vine districts, present a source of interest of a different kind; while,
in the southern provinces, her antiquities, though not numerous, attract
by their beauty the man of taste.
431. Matthaei Quadt Delicicae Gallicae, seu Itinerarium per Universam Galliam.
Frankfort, 1603. fol.
432. Deliciae Galliae, seu Itinerarium in Universam Galliam, a Gasp. Ens.
Cologne, 1609. 8vo.
433. A Tour through the Western, Southern, and Interior Provinces of
France. By N.W. Wraxall. London, 1772. 8vo.--This work bears all the
characters of Mr. Wraxall's other productions: slight and superficial so
far as manners are concerned: offering no information on agriculture,
statistics, or natural history; with, however, some interesting historical
details. It is noticed here, because the travels in France are so few, that
even those of moderate merit must be admitted.
434. Travels through France: to which is added, a Register of a Tour into
Spain in 1787-89. By Arthur Young. 2 vols. 4to. 1792.--This is a most
valuable and useful work; for though the professed object of Mr.
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