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.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nash, Richard, 1674-1761.

Nash, Richard.

Bath (England)--Guidebooks.

Bath (England).

Bath (England)--History--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

79 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plates : illustrations,map,portraits ; 8⁰

Edition:

A new edition, improved and much enlarged.

Place of Publication:

Bath : printed by R. Cruttwell, for W. Taylor, Bookseller, Church-Street, Kingston-Buildings. Sold also by all the booksellers in Bath and Bristol; by R. Baldwin, Pater-Noster-Row, and E. Newbery. Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, London, 1793.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Price from imprint: Price One Shilling.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T91324.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.