Excerpt from Familiar Letters From Italy, to a Friend in England, Vol. 1 of 2

Many of the following Letters were written in the year 1787, most of them before the Invasion of Italy by the French. The many changes that have happened since that time, may, in some measure, render these Letters useless, but, as they will serve to shew what Italy then was, they are offered by the Author, with the greatest humility, to the Candor of the Public.

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