Book Description

79, [1] pages + 6 plates. ESTC T91324 which notes 3 UK and 1 US locations. Now in modern paper covered boards. Bookplate to the front pastedown and brief ink note. Modern ink owner's name to the front free end paper. Old ink name to the head of the title page. Ink word - finis - to the foot of the final page. The plates are - Frontispiece James King - A new plan of the city of Bath - Richard Tyson, title just trimmed - Elevation of the west front of the new Guild Hall, trimmed to the right edge - The Royal Crescent - Richard Nash. Pages are closely trimmed in places, but no loss of text.
Dealer Notes
Although just a small book, the full title is very long - 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; Saxon and Roman Antiquities, 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 Body Corporate, Attornies, Medical Faculty, Artists, Inns and Taverns, Lodging Houses, Boarding ditto, Price of Lodgings, Mail and other Coaches, Chairmen's Fares, Waggons, Carriers and Post, Barges to and from Bristol, &c. Institution and present State of the General 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-Plan 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 Nath, 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.
Author City of Bath
Date 1793
Publisher Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell

Price: £95.00

Offered by Stephen Rench

Friends of the PBFA

For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.

Please email info@pbfa.org for more information

Join PBFA

Membership of the PBFA is open to anyone who has been trading in antiquarian and second-hand books for a minimum of two years subject to certain criteria.

Email info@pbfa.org to find out more, or complete the enquiry form.

complete the form