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Published by Order of the Mayor and Corporation. Bath: Printed by W. Meyler. 1797.. With 14 woodcut engraved plates, vignette title-page, xxvi + 85pp, 4to, untrimmed in early paper boards, later paper label on spine, covers rubbed and marked, inner hinges strengthened, signs where name partly scratched from front pastedown, engraved armorial bookplate of John Egerton Falconer to front pastedown, with 2 engraved plates relating to Bath, 1 at the front, and the other to the rear, these are spotty, the book itself is clean. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include SOMERSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Bath: Published by Order of the Mayor and Corporation, 1797. First edition. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 7". Richard Warner. A well illustrated analysis of the various archaeologist discoveries made in Bath, written by Richard Warner and published by order of the Mayor of Bath in 1797. First and only edition. Bound in half-morocco on marbled boards. Illustrations include an title page vignette engraving as well as fourteen engraved plates. This is a comprehensive guide to Roman antiquities that were discovered and preserved in Bath. Contents include an introduction of the history of Bath, which gives information behind the high amount of archaeological remnants found there, as well as chapters on various Roman antiquities. These include a 'monumental stone', an altar, and a sculpture from the fourth century. Written by Richard Warner (1763-1857), an English clergyman, antiquarian, and writer of countless topographical books in and around Bath. This work was published by order of the Mayor of Bath… Leer más