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Manuscript recipe book of Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1654-1744)
Date: 1662 - mid 18th centuryReference: MS.8903- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5
Date: Jan 1899 - Aug 1901Reference: WF/E/01/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
English Medical Notebook
Date: mid 18th century - c.1811Reference: MS.8046- Books
William Hoare of Bath R.A., 1707-1792 : Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, November 3 - December 8 1990 / catalogue by Evelyn Newby.
Date: 1990- Archives and manuscripts
English Miscellany, 18th Century
Date: 1703-1786Reference: MS.8405- Books
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At [Te]nnent's circulating-library, Top of Milsom-Street, Bath, Are sold all Sorts of Books & Stationary, Maps & Prints, And the following Medicines, viz. Dr. Hill's Balsam of Honey, &c. Dr. Anderson's true Scotch Pills, 1s. Daffy's Elixir, 1s. 3d. Dr. James's Powders, 2s 6d. His analeptic Pills, 4s. Greenough's Tinctures for the Teeth, 1s a Bottle, Lozenges of Tolu for Colds, 1s. Godfrey's General Cordial, 6d. Friar's Balsam, 1s. Bateman's Pectoral Drops, 1s. Ladies black Sticking Plaister, 6d. Arquebusade Water, &c. - Books neatly bound. - Account-Books of all Sorts, Letter-Cases, Ladies Pocket-Books, &c. by the Marker. - The full Value for any Library or Parcel of Books. - As he keeps the best Workmen, Gentlemen and others may depend on having their Books bound in all the various Bindings, and as well as in any Part of England. - Magazines, Reviews, and all other Weekly and Monthly Publications as early as possible. - A. Tennent begs the Favor of his Subscribers not to exceed three Books at one Time, and to return all new Publications soon, being much wanted: And that Gentlemen and Ladies leaving this City, will please to give Orders that all Books be return'd. - Except this is observed, it is not in the Power of the Proprietor to make it so agreeable to the Company.
Tennent, A. (Andrew), -1788.Date: 1780?]- Books
The seconde parte of William Turner's Herball : wherein are conteyned the names of herbes in Greke / Latin / Duche / Frenche / and in the Apothecaries Latin / and somtyme in Italiene / wyth the vertues of the same herbes wyth diuerse confutationes of no small errours / that men of no small learning haue committed in the intreatinge of herbes of late yeares. Here vnto is ioyned also a booke of the bath of Baeth in Englande / and of the vertues of the same wyth diuerse other bathes moste holsum and effectuall / both in Almany and Englande ... / set furth by William Turner Doctor of Physik.
Turner, William, -1568.Date: In the yeare of our Lorde 1562- Books
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Bath waters, a conjectural idea of their nature and qualities, in three letters, to - - To which is added, putridity and infection unjustly imputed to fevers, a cruel public grievance, attempted to be redressed; with some account of the nature and management of plain fevers. By A. W. M.D. Reg. Colleg. Med. Edinb. Soc.
Wilson, Andrew, M.D., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Date: L.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Political arithmetick, or The Old and New Interest Numbers. April 23, 1754. The Poll was closed at the Election for the County of Oxford, which began the 17th, when the Numbers were as follows, viz. For Lord Viscount Wenman, - 2033 Sir James Dashwood, Bart. - 2014 Lord Viscount Parker, - 1919 Sir Edward Turner, Bart - 1890 Majority for Lord Wenman against Lord Parker 114 against Sir Edward Turner 143 Majority for Sir James Dashwood against Lord Parker 95 against Sir Edward Turner 124 The next Day, being the 24th, the Sheriff declared the Numbers, and a Majority in Favour of Lord Wenman and Sir James Dashwood; but a Scrutiny being demanded, the same began the 9th of May, and ended the 30th of the same Month, when the Sheriff thought fit to make a Double Return.
Oxfordshire (England)Date: 1755]- Books
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A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade. Consisting of many valuable materials relating to corn, cattle, coals, hops, wool, &c. With a compleat catalogue of the several sorts of earths, and their proper product; the best sorts of manure for each; with the art of draining and flooding of lands; as also full and exact histories of trades, as malting, brewing, &c. the description and structure of instruments for husbandry, and carriages, with the manner of their imrovement; an account of the rivers of England, &c. and how far they may be made navigable; of weights and measures, of woods, cordage, and metals; of building and stowage the vegetation of plants, &c. with many other useful particulars, communicated by several eminent members of the Royal Society, to the collector, John Houghton, F.R.S. Now revised, corrected, and published, with a preface and useful indexes, by Richard Bradley, F.R.S. and professor of botany in the University of Cambridge. In three volumes.
Houghton, John, 1640-1705.Date: M,DCC,XXVII. [i.e. 1727 - 1728]- 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 Sudatories, And the Rules, with the Prices of Bathing and Pumping. The Virtues of the Bath Waters used inwardly and externally. Lists of the Medical Faculty, Artists, and Attornies. A Description of the Assembly - Rooms, Public Charities, Churches, Chapels, and other Edisices; A List of the Lodging and Bourding-Houses, and Price of Lodgings. Also, an Account of The Regulations the Chairmen are subject to, and their Fares to different Parts of the City. A List of all the Inns and Taverns, the Names of the People they are kept by, and their Situations; with An Account of the Machines, Post-Coaches, Diligences, &c. A Table of the going out and coming in of the Post, Waggons, Carriers, &c. The Principal Roads to different Parts of the Kingdom: With a Description of the 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-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: 1784- Books
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Designs in architecture; consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for temples, baths, cassines, pavilions, garden-seats, obelisks, and other buildings; for decorating Pleasure - Ground, Parks, Forests, &c. &c. Engraved on 38 copper-plates. By John Soan.
Soane, John, Sir, 1753-1837.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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Englands monethly observations and predictions, for the yeare of our blessed Saviour, 1653 : Fore-told by those two famous astrologers of our age, Mr. William Lilly, and Mr. Culpeper. The tune is. Faire angel of England.
Lilly, William, 1602-1681Date: [1653]- Books
The imposteress rabbit breeder : Mary Toft and eighteenth-century England / Karen Harvey.
Harvey, Karen, 1971-Date: 2020- Books
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A catalogue of near ten thousand volumes of books: being part of the stock of William Frederick, bookseller, in Bath: which will be sold very reasonable, according to their Condition; he having found it necessary, (after many Years Attendance on the Public,) to decline the lending of books. --And being constantly supplied with all New Books, Pamphlets, and Periodical Publications, (with the best Sorts of Stationary Wares) hopes for a Continuance of those Favours from his Friends and the Public, which he is glad of an Opportunity most gratefully to acknowledge. Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale, and of Mr. George Robinson, in Pater-Noster-Row; Mess. Hodson and Johnson, in Salisbury; and Mr. Cadel in Bristol. - Any Orders from a Distance are expected to be sent Post paid.
Frederick, William, -1776.Date: 1770?]- Books
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The whole proceedings in the House of Peers, upon the indictments against William Earl of Kilmarnock, George Earl of Cromertie, and Arthur Lord Balmerino; for high treason, in levying war against his Majesty: the proceeding in Westminster Hall being begun on Monday the 28th day of July, and continued on Wednesday the 30th of July, and Friday the first of August, 1746: on the last of which days judgment of high treason was given against them. Published by order of the House of Peers.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]- Pictures
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Buxton, Derbyshire: the baths, with scale key. Wood engraving by B. Sly after H. Currey.
Date: 1853Reference: 15754i- Books
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A vindication of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, from the misrepresentations of Mr. Thomas Chubb, in a book lately published in his Name, Falsely called, The true Gospel of Jesus Christ asserted in which is Demonstrated, that what he asserts to be the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is not that Gospel, and that what he denys to be the Gospel of Jesus Christ, is strictly and properly that Gospel. To which is added, An hymn on the nativity. By Joseph Horler, A.B. Master of the Free-School at Wilton, and Presbyter of the Church of England.
Horler, Joseph, 1700 or 1701-Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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The guardian goddess of health: or, The whole art of preventing and curing diseases; and of enjoying peace and happiness of body and of mind to the longest possible period of human existence: with precepts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness. To which is added, an account of the composition, preparation, and properties of the three great medicines prepared and dispensed at the Temple of Health, Adelphi, and at the Temple of Hymen, Pall-Mall, London. By James Graham, M.D. This book is of so much real importance to the health and happiness of each individual among the public, that tho' it contains more matter or reading than most two shilling pamphlets, it is ordered to be sold for only two pence; - a price very inadequate to the prime cost of the paper, printing, distribution, &c. But salus populi suprema lex est!
Graham, James, 1745-1794.Date: [1780?]- Books
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An elegant and useful publication for the fair sex. Adapted for families and boarding schools. On Monday, July 2, 1798, will be published, In a convenient size for the pocket, fancifully done up in coloured paper, and embellished with, 1st, a Portrait of Mrs. Hannah More, beautifully engraved by an eminent artist; 2d, a superb Coloured Plate of the present Fashionable Dresses for the Ladies. Number I. (price 1s.) of the Ladies' Monthly Museum; or, polite repository of amusement and instruction: Being an assemblage of whatever can tend to please the Fancy, interest the Mind, or exalt the character of the British Fair. By a Society of Ladies. London: printed for the Proprietors, and sold by Messrs. Vernor and Hood, in the Poultry, and by every Bookseller in the three Kingdoms. - Communications addressed to the Editors, Post paid, will be thankfully received.
Date: 1798]- Pictures
Brill's baths from East Street, Brighton. Lithograph by J. Drayton Wyatt after G.G. Scott.
Wyatt, J. Drayton, active 1854-1878.Reference: 15669i- Books
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A short treatise upon the propriety and necessity of duelling. Illustrated with the ancient manner of combating and entering the lists, as in the Reign of Richard the IId. by the Dukes of Norfolk and Lancaster. Also, the Particulars of a Duel fought at the Cape of Good Hope, Between Two Officers in the East-India Company's Service. And, Authentic Particulars relative to A Duel fought near the City of -, in which is Related, Certain Circumstances of that black Affair and dreadful Transaction, never before made public; very sufficient to clear up, and set wight, the Opinions, Doubts, and Suggestions of the whole World. Dedicated without permission to the greatest scoundrel by many in - . By one, who was interested in the secret; but now in the publication.
Date: [1779]- Pictures
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People using advanced materials and modes of transport in the year 2000, some travelling in hot-air balloons, some with their own wings, and some in carriages running on steam. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 1834Reference: 37253i- Books
Darwin in Ilkley / Mike Dixon & Gregory Radick.
Dixon, Michael F. (Michael Frederick), 1941-Date: 2009- Pictures
John Heaviside. Coloured mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1803, after J. Zoffany.
Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810.Date: 25 Aug.t 1803Reference: 4082i