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A Description of Bath: Wherein the Antiquity of the City, as Well as the Eminence of Its Founder; ... are Respectively Treated Of: ... Illustrated with the Figure of King Bladud, ... Together with Proper Plans and Elevations from Twenty-two Copper Plates. By John Wood, Esq

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W. Bathoe; and T. Lownds, 1765 - 456 pages

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FIRST VOLUME	1

Of the Antiquity of Bath P	7

Of the Reality and Eminence of King Bladud the firft Founder	24

Of the various Names of Bath P	43

CHAP VI	49

Of the Mineral Waters of Bath p	63

Of the firft Discovery of the Mineral Waters of Bath	71

Of the general Form and Size of the Body of the City of Bath	81

Of the Shape of the detached Parts of Bath with their Situa	89

CHAP I	105

Of King Bladuds Works at Bath and their conftituting	117

Of King Bladuds Works near Bath and their conftituting	147

Of the Additional Works to Bath between the End of the Nor	189

Of the Additional Works to Bath between the Removal of	197

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Title	A Description of Bath: Wherein the Antiquity of the City, as Well as the Eminence of Its Founder; ... are Respectively Treated Of: ... Illustrated with the Figure of King Bladud, ... Together with Proper Plans and Elevations from Twenty-two Copper Plates. By John Wood, Esq A Description of Bath: Wherein the Antiquity of the City, as Well as the Eminence of Its Founder; ... are Respectively Treated Of: ... Illustrated with the Figure of King Bladud, ... Together with Proper Plans and Elevations from Twenty-two Copper Plates. By John Wood, Esq, John Wood Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection
Author	John Wood
Publisher	W. Bathoe; and T. Lownds, 1765
Original from	Oxford University
Digitized	6 Mar 2009
Length	456 pages

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