A description of Bath : wherein the antiquity of the city, as well as the eminence of its founder ; its magnitude, situation, soil, mineral waters, and physical plants ; 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 ; with its new buildings, baths, conduits, hospitals, places of worship, and other public edifices ; its gates, bridges, walks, and streets, etc. are respectively treated of ... / by John Wood, esq.

Main entry:

Wood, John, 1704-1754.

Title & Author:

Edition:

2d ed., corrected and enlarged.

Publication:

London : Printed for W. Bathoe, and T. Lownds, 1765.

Description:

2 volumes in 1 : plates (some folded) ; 21 cm

Notes:
First issued in 1742 with title: An essay towards a description of Bath. Issued first with the above title in 1749.
Most of the plates were engraved and signed by Pierre Fourdrinier after the designs of John Wood.

Subject:

Travel.
Bath (England) Description and travel.
England Bath.

Added entries:

Fourdrinier, P., active 1720-1760.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 122631
Call No.: W772; ID:86-B4951
Status: Available

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