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The new Bath guide : or, useful pocket companion for all persons residing at or resorting to this antient city. Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters by King Bladud; Nature and Efficacy of the Warm Baths and Sudatories, With the Rules and Prices of Bathing and Pumping. The Virtues of the Bath Waters used internally and externally. Lists of the Medical Faculty, Artists, Attornies, Inns and Taverns, Lodging-Houses, Boarding ditto, Price of Lodgings, Chairmen’s Fares, Coaches, Waggons, Carriers, Post, &c. &c. Institution and present State of the General Hospital; Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Publick Hospital; Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Publick Charities, Churches, Chapels, and other Edifices. The Principal Roads to different Parts of the Kingdom; with a Description of the City of Bristol, and the Hotwells; Monuments of Antiquity, and Gentlemen’s Seats, in the Environs of Bath. Directions for Passing the Severn into Wales; And many other Particulars worthy Observation. (the Whole embellished with six Copper-Plate Engravings, viz. Portraits of the Masters of the Ceremonies, Plan of the City, Elevation of the Town-Hall, View of the Crescent, and Portrait of Richard Nash, Esq.) To which is added, The Life, Character, &c. of Richard Nash, esq; who presided over the Amusements of this City upwards of Fifty Years.
The new Bath guide : or, useful pocket companion for all persons residing at or resorting to this antient city. Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters by King Bladud; Nature and Efficacy of the Warm Baths and Sudatories, With the Rules and Prices of Bathing and Pumping. The Virtues of the Bath Waters used internally and externally. Lists of the Medical Faculty, Artists, Attornies, Inns and Taverns, Lodging-Houses, Boarding ditto, Price of Lodgings, Chairmen’s Fares, Coaches, Waggons, Carriers, Post, &c. &c. Institution and present State of the General Hospital; Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Publick Hospital; Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Publick Charities, Churches, Chapels, and other Edifices. The Principal Roads to different Parts of the Kingdom; with a Description of the City of Bristol, and the Hotwells; Monuments of Antiquity, and Gentlemen’s Seats, in the Environs of Bath. Directions for Passing the Severn into Wales; And many other Particulars worthy Observation. (the Whole embellished with six Copper-Plate Engravings, viz. Portraits of the Masters of the Ceremonies, Plan of the City, Elevation of the Town-Hall, View of the Crescent, and Portrait of Richard Nash, Esq.) To which is added, The Life, Character, &c. of Richard Nash, esq; who presided over the Amusements of this City upwards of Fifty Years.
ISBN
Z001827868
Dewey Classmark
914.238
Local Dewey Classmark
B 914.238 BAT
Edition
A new edition, improved and much enlarged.
Publication
Bath : printed by R. Cruttwell, for W. Taylor, Bookseller, Church-Street, Kingston-Buildings. Sold also by all the booksellers in Bath and Bristol; and by R. Baldwin, Pater-Noster-Row, London , 1791.
Physical Description
79, [1] p. : ill. (front., 4 plates, folded map) ; 17cm. (8vo).
Local Copy Note
BNGH copy 1 (1105387856): Library bound. All plates extant.
BNGH copy 2 (1105468351): In original paper wrapper. Missing one plate
BNGH copy 3 (1105468393): Library binding - binder's ticket on rear board recto: 'G Bayntun'. Missing one plate
BNGH copy 3 (1105468393): MS inscription on tp 'J S Chapman 1847'. (Chapman collection)
2 1105468351 PBK Guides LS /Bath Guides 1791 Cruttwell
3 1105468393 HBK Guides LS /Bath Guides 1791 Cruttwell
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The new Bath guide :
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or, useful pocket companion for all persons residing at or resorting to this antient city. Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters by King Bladud; Nature and Efficacy of the Warm Baths and Sudatories, With the Rules and Prices of Bathing and Pumping. The Virtues of the Bath Waters used internally and externally. Lists of the Medical Faculty, Artists, Attornies, Inns and Taverns, Lodging-Houses, Boarding ditto, Price of Lodgings, Chairmen’s Fares, Coaches, Waggons, Carriers, Post, &c. &c. Institution and present State of the General Hospital; Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Publick Hospital; Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Publick Charities, Churches, Chapels, and other Edifices. The Principal Roads to different Parts of the Kingdom; with a Description of the City of Bristol, and the Hotwells; Monuments of Antiquity, and Gentlemen’s Seats, in the Environs of Bath. Directions for Passing the Severn into Wales; And many other Particulars worthy Observation. (the Whole embellished with six Copper-Plate Engravings, viz. Portraits of the Masters of the Ceremonies, Plan of the City, Elevation of the Town-Hall, View of the Crescent, and Portrait of Richard Nash, Esq.) To which is added, The Life, Character, &c. of Richard Nash, esq; who presided over the Amusements of this City upwards of Fifty Years.
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New Bath guide 1791.
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A new edition, improved and much enlarged.
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Bath :
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printed by R. Cruttwell, for W. Taylor, Bookseller, Church-Street, Kingston-Buildings. Sold also by all the booksellers in Bath and Bristol; and by R. Baldwin, Pater-Noster-Row, London ,
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1791.
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79, [1] p. :
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ill. (front., 4 plates, folded map) ;
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17cm. (8vo).
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BNGH copy 1 (1105387856): Library bound. All plates extant.
590##
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BNGH copy 2 (1105468351): In original paper wrapper. Missing one plate
590##
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BNGH copy 3 (1105468393): Library binding - binder's ticket on rear board recto: 'G Bayntun'. Missing one plate
590##
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BNGH copy 3 (1105468393): MS inscription on tp 'J S Chapman 1847'. (Chapman collection)
