The Historical and Local New Bath Guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal virtues, and directions for the use of the Bath waters? Embellished with engravings, and a plan of the Royal Victoria Park.

GIBBES, Sir George Smith.

Published by C. Duffield, Royal Union Library, Prince?s Buildings (opposite York House), and sold by the other booksellers, 1835

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The Historical and Local New Bath Guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal virtues, and directions for the use of the Bath waters? Embellished with engravings, and a plan of the Royal Victoria Park. Bath: C. Duffield, Royal Union Library, Prince?s Buildings (opposite York House), and sold by the other booksellers, [c.1830s].8vo. pp. [as numbered, with irregular pagination including asterisked leaves and jumps in numbering (e.g. 151?156, 161?164), text and signatures continuous]. With 2 folding engraved maps/plans of Bath, 13 engraved plates (including a concluding view of Chepstow Castle), and 34 engraved advert plates; complete as far as collation can be determined.Later green cloth?backed boards with printed paper sides. Binding shaken, with splitting and some peeling to the spine cloth and cracked hinges; boards rubbed and edge?worn, with a few small damp?stains to the front panel. Front free endpaper laid in; several leaves working loose. Maps clean with small crease split to one. Text generally bright and unmarked, with some age?related paper cockling.Early nineteenth?century Bath guide attributed on the title?page to Sir George Smith Gibbes, physician and writer on the Bath waters, offering detailed descriptions of the city?s public buildings, institutions, and amusements, together with practical directions for taking the waters. The two folding plans and suite of engraved plates, capped by a view of Chepstow Castle, are complemented by an extensive sequence of engraved trade advertisements, providing a vivid picture of Bath?s urban, medical, and commercial life in the early Victorian period.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Historical and Local New Bath Guide, containing an accurate description of the public buildings, institutions, and amusements of the city; with observations on the medicinal virtues, and directions for the use of the Bath waters? Embellished with engravings, and a plan of the Royal Victoria Park.
• Publisher: C. Duffield, Royal Union Library, Prince?s Buildings (opposite York House), and sold by the other booksellers
• Publication Date: 1835
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good