An essay towards a description of Bath : In four parts. Wherein The Antiquity of the City, as well as the Reality and Eminence of its Founder; the Magnitude of it in its Antient, Middle and Modern State; the Names it has borne; its Situation, Soil, Mineral Waters and Physical Plants; the general Form and Size of its Body; the Shape of its detach'd Parts; its British Works, and the Grecian Ornaments with which they were adorned; its Devastations and Restorations in the Days of the Britons, Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans; its additional Buildings down to the End of the Year 1748; its Baths, Conduits, Hospitals, Places of Worship, Court of Justice, and other Publick Edifices; its Gates, Throngs, Bridges, Lanes, Alleys, Terrass Walks, and Streets; its inferior Courts; and its Open Areas of a superiour Kind Are respectively Treated of: The Gods, Places of Worship, Religion and Learning of the Antient Britons Occasionally Considered: And the Limits of the City in its present State; its Divisions, Sub-Divisions, Laws, Government, Customs, Trade and Amusements Severally pointed out. Illustrated with the figure of King Bladud, the First Founder of the City, as described by the Orator Himerius under the Name of Abaris; together with proper plans and elevations from two and twenty copper plates. By John Wood, architect.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, John, 1705?-1754.

Standardized Title:

Essay towards a description of the city of Bath

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bath (England)--Description and travel.

Bath (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.([8],456,[4]p.),plates )

Edition:

The second edition corrected and enlarged.

Other Title:

Essay towards a description of Bath

Place of Publication:

London : printed by James Bettenham, in the year 1749, and sold by C. Hitch in Pater-Noster-Row; and J. Leake at Bath, [1749]

Notes:

Pagination and register are continuous, with the exception of the preliminary leaves to vol.2.

First published in 1742 as 'An essay towards a description of the city of Bath'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T64619.

OCLC:

642654678