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The New Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion: necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting...

The New Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion: necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting...

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The New Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion: necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting to, this antient and opulent city. [electronic resource] : Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters, by King Bladud; the nature and efficacy of the warm baths, and the rules for bathing; a description of the assembly-rooms, public charities, churches, chapels, and other edifices; also, a correct account of the regulations the chairmen are subject to, and their fares to different parts of the city; a table of the going out and coming in of the post, machines, waggons, carriers, &c. The principal cross and public roads to different parts of the kingdom; directions for passing the Severn into Wales; and many other particulars worthy observation. To which is added, the life, character, &c. of the late Richard Nash, Esq; who presided over the amusements of this city upwards of fifty years.

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The New Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion: necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting to, this antient and opulent city. [electronic resource] : Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters, by King Bladud; the nature and efficacy of the warm baths, and the rules for bathing; a description of the assembly-rooms, public charities, churches, chapels, and other edifices; also, a correct account of the regulations the chairmen are subject to, and their fares to different parts of the city; a table of the going out and coming in of the post, machines, waggons, carriers, &c. The principal cross and public roads to different parts of the kingdom; directions for passing the Severn into Wales; and many other particulars worthy observation. To which is added, the life, character, &c. of the late Richard Nash, Esq; who presided over the amusements of this city upwards of fifty years.

Publisher

Bath : Printed by R. Cruttwell, for W. Taylor, bookseller, in Church-street Kingston-Buildings.-Sold also by W. Frederick, and L. Bull, booksellers, in Bath,-(Price six-pence.), [1770?]

Date

[1770?]

Record Identifier

74VKZEwMbMMM

MMS ID

991018700329702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

64p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

Bath : Printed by R. Cruttwell, for W. Taylor, bookseller, in Church-street Kingston-Buildings.-Sold also by W. Frederick, and L. Bull, booksellers, in Bath,-(Price six-pence.), [1770?]

Edition

A new edition, corrected and improved.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1770?]

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The New Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion: necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting to, this antient and opulent city. [electronic resource] : Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters, by King Bladud; the nature and efficacy of the warm baths, and the rules for bathing; a description of the assembly-rooms, p...

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Notes

General note

Price in square brackets: (Price Six-Pence.)

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Citation / References Note

ESTC T193219.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74VKZEwMbMMM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKZEwMbMMM

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MMS ID

991018700329702626