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The new Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion [electronic resource] : for all persons residing at...

The new Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion [electronic resource] : for all persons residing at...

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The new Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion [electronic resource] : 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, Machines, &c. Waggons, Carriers, Post, &c. Institution and present State of the General Hospital; Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Public-Charities, Churches, Chapels, and other Edisices. The Principal Roads to different Parts of the Kingdom: With a Description of the City of Bristol, and the Hotwells, Monuments of Antiquity and Gentlemens' 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 both 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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The new Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion [electronic resource] : 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, Machines, &c. Waggons, Carriers, Post, &c. Institution and present State of the General Hospital; Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Public-Charities, Churches, Chapels, and other Edisices. The Principal Roads to different Parts of the Kingdom: With a Description of the City of Bristol, and the Hotwells, Monuments of Antiquity and Gentlemens' 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 both 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. .

Publisher

Bath : printed by R. Cruttwell, 1785.

Date

1785.

Record Identifier

74VvAqR3z7LX

MMS ID

991013471029702626

Language

English

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Physical content

79,[1]p.,plates : map,ports. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

Bath : printed by R. Cruttwell, 1785.

Edition

A new edition, improved and much enlarged.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1785.

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Access Conditions

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

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The new Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion [electronic resource] : 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...

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General note

Advertisement from imprint: For W. Taylor, Bookseller, in Church-Street, Kingston-Buildines. Sold also by all the booksellers in Bath and Bristol; and R. Baldwin, Bookseller, in Pater-Noster-Row, London.

Price from imprint: Price 1s.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T90839.

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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74VvAqR3z7LX

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991013471029702626