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, it gates, bridges, walks, and streets, &c., are respectively treated of : the gods, places of worship, religion, and learning of the ancient Britons occasionally considered : and the limits of the city in its present state, its government, trade, and amusements severally pointed out . : together with proper plans and elevations from twenty-two copper-plates

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The portrait of King Bladud is engraved by Bernard Baron after William Hoare. ; First published in 1742 as "An essay towards a description of the city of Bath." ; With a leaf of postscript, and a final page of advertisements. ; Signatures: v. 1: A-2G⁴; v. 2: A⁴ 2H-3M⁴ [3N]². ; Vol. 1: [8], 232 p.; v. 2: [8], [233]-456, [4] p. ; ESTC (RLIN) ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Bound in sprinkled calf; spine rebacked; gilt rules on boards; gilt label on spine; edges sprinkled red.