Excerpt from A Classical Tour Through Italy, 1802, Vol. 1 of 4 The Author presents the following pages to the public with diffidence. He is aware that the very title of a Tour through Italy is sufficient in itself to raise expectation, which, as he has learned from the fate of similar compositions, is more frequently dis appointed than satisfied. To avoid as much as possible this inconvenience, he thinks it necessary to state precisely the nature and object of the present work, that the reader may enter upon its perusal with some pre vions knowledge of its contents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.