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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; Saron 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. (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.
Date: 1797- Books
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The new Bath guide, or, useful pocket-companion; necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting to, this antient and opulent city. Giving an account of its antiquity, and first discovery of its waters; a Description of the City and its Buildings down to the present Time; and a much more correct Account than any yet publish'd of the going out and coming in of the Post, Machines, Waggons, Carriers, &c. With every other Particular worthy Observation. To which is added, a sketch of the life, character, &c. of the late Richard Nash, Esq. Master of the Ceremonies at Bath and Tunbridge upwards of Fifty Years.
Date: [1762?]- Books
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The new Bath guide, or, useful pocket-companion; necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting to, this antient and opulent city. Giving an account of its antiquity, and first discovery of its medicinal waters; the Reality and Eminence of King Bladud, the first Founder of the Baths; also a Description of the City and its Buildings down to the present Time; and a much more correct Account than any yet publish'd of the going out and coming in of the Post, (according to the late Alterations) Machines, Waggons, Carriers, &c. &c. &c. With every other Particular worthy Observation. To which is added, the life, character, &c. of the late Richard Nash, Esq. who was Master of the Ceremonies at Bath and Tunbridge upwards of Fifty Years.
Date: [1762?]- Books
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The new Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion; necessary for all persons residing at, or resorting to, this ancient and opulent city. Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters, by King Bladud; The Nature and Efficacy of the Warm Baths, And the Rules for Bathing. The Virtues of the Bath Waters taken internally. Lists of the Medical Faculty residing at Bath. A Description of the Assembly-Rooms, Public Charities, Churches, Chapels, and other Edifices; Also, A Correct Account of The Regulations the Chairmen are subject to, And their Fares to different Parts of the City. A Table of the going out and coming in of the Post, Machines, Waggons, Carriers, &c. The Principal Cross and Public Roads To different parts of the Kingdom: Directions for passing the Severn into Wales; And many other Particulars worthy Observation. To which is added, The Life, Character, &c. of the late Richard Nash, Esq; who presided over the Amusements of this City upwards of fifty Years.
Date: [1777]- Books
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The new Bath guide; or, useful pocket companion for all persons residing at or resorting to this antient city. ... Embellished with six copper-plate engravings, ...
Date: 1798