Title

A Collection of Treatises Relating to the City and Waters of Bath

Book Publisher

Biography Subject

Book Author

Author

Guidott T

Publisher

Date

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Plates

4 copper engraved plates (1 folding)

Category

UK Topography

Subject

Bath

Topo Subcat

Descriptions and Histories

Books Series

Series Sequence No,

Natural History

Art Reference

Transport

Buildings

Country

County

Bath

Town

Bath

Dept

Departement

Purchase Date

02/01/2007

Bookseller

Aldridges

Source

Bath Aldridges

Cost

$40.00

Category

County
Town

	BOOK

WAM Off-print
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Volume
Format	Octavo
Pagination	430pp
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Funding	Early-Impression
Estimated Value	$180.00
Look for better copy?	Y
Binding & Condition	Original calf. Very rubbed. Boards detached. Back with raised bands lacking label
Book plates & labels	Small label on front ep: H.Gray Antique Books, Manchester
Signatures	Charles E Davis on fron ep
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Binding Required?	Yes !Reback
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LHD (formerly Copac)
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Price Guide

Number of copies seen:	2
Target price:	$220

ABE 2002/01:

Guidott (Thomas) Chapman (Henry) A collection of treatises relating to the city and waters of Bath.
4 engraved plates, 1 of which folding, 1 engraved full page text illustration, contemporary full speckled calf, joints beginning to crack, headcap missing, raised bands, red gilt label in second compartment, wonderful engraved presentation bookplate from Wm. Mountaine Esq. to Burnt-Yates School, Parish of Ripley, West Riding dated 1715 pasted onto front pastedown, second edition, 1725 With six separate titlepages dated, 1724-25. Each treatise is of the second edition except, "The lives and characters of the physicians of Bath" and "Therm� rediviv�". This latter is the only contribution by Chapman. The pagination and signatures are continuous throughout. The treatises themselves seem to include everything from the antitquities of Bath to the uses and abuses of bathing.
Price: � 400.00 Presented by Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Guidott (Thomas) A COLLECTION OF TREATISES RELATING TO THE CITY AND WATERS OF BATH. Containing I. A Discourse of the Bath, and the Hot Waters there. Also some Enquiries into the Nature of the Water of St. Vincent's Rock near Bristol; and that of Castle Cary. II. A Century of Observations; containing further Discoveries of the Nature of the Hot-Water at Bath.... III. The Lives and Characters of the Physicians of Bath, from the Year 1598 to the Year 1676. IV. An Apology for the Bath.... V. The Register of Bath; or, Two Hundred Observations. Containing an Account of Cures performed and Benefits received, by the Use of the Famous Hot Waters of Bath; As they for the most Part, came under the Author's Twenty-seven Years Experience and Observation. To which is add
1725. With a folding plan, two plates of coins and 2 other plates, (xxiv) + 430pp, recent half calf, raised bands, leather label on spine, marbled endpapers, occasional light waterstaining otherwise a sound copy. Each of the six treatises has its own title, but they are paginated continuously.
Price: � 240.00 Presented by AMBRA BOOKS, Bristol, United Kingdom

�250 Bayntun 200205 nice copy full(?) calf rebacked(?) Still in stock Feb 2006
ABE 200305:
Guidott, Thomas A Collection of Treatises Relating to the City and Water of Bath London: Printed for J. Leake, Bookseller at the Bath, 1725. Containing, I. A Discourse of the Bath, and the Hot Waters there. Also some Enquiries into the Nature of the Water of St. Vincent's Rock near Bristol; and that of Castle-Cary. II. A Century of Observations; containing farther Discoveries of the Nature of the Hot-Waters at Bath. With the Contents, Property and Distinction of each Bath in Particular. III. The Lives and Characters of the Physicians of Bath, from the Year 1598, to the Year 1676. IV. An Apology for the Bath; being an Answer to the late Enquiry into the right Use and Abuse of the Baths of England, &c. With some Reflexions on Fresh Cold Bathing, Bathing in Sea Water, and Dipping in Baptism. V. The Register of Bath; or, Two Hundred Observations. Containing an Account of Cures performed, and Benefits received, by the Use of the Famous Hot Waters of Bath: As they, for the most Part, came under the Author's Twenty-seven Years Experience and Observation. All written by the Learned Thomas Guidott, M.B. late Physician at the Bath. To which is added, Therm� Rediviv�: ot, The City of Bath described, &c. By Henry Chapman, Gent. 4 engraved plates (one folding), full-page engraving p.274, woodcut p.81 and woodcut head and tail pieces. 8vo. [14]ff, 430pp. Bound in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with a new red goatskin label, endleaves renewed, red sprinkled edges. Occasional light browning and a few spots, but a good copy. All six parts have a separate title-page, and each treatise is denoted as being the second edition, except for "The Lives and Characters of the Physicians of Bath" and "Therm� Rediviv�". The pagination and signatures are continuous throughout. Price: �250 US$ 405.60 Bookseller: George Bayntun, Bath, SO, United Kingdom

�145 Bath Bankes 200206 Later half calf, marbled boards.
Continuous pgination to 439(?).
No map, no coins plates, two other plates (one folding). Missing map & plates not mentioned

ABE 2002/01:

Guidott (Thomas) Chapman (Henry) A collection of treatises relating to the city and waters of Bath.
4 engraved plates, 1 of which folding, 1 engraved full page text illustration, contemporary full speckled calf, joints beginning to crack, headcap missing, raised bands, red gilt label in second compartment, wonderful engraved presentation bookplate from Wm. Mountaine Esq. to Burnt-Yates School, Parish of Ripley, West Riding dated 1715 pasted onto front pastedown, second edition, 1725 With six separate titlepages dated, 1724-25. Each treatise is of the second edition except, "The lives and characters of the physicians of Bath" and "Therm� rediviv�". This latter is the only contribution by Chapman. The pagination and signatures are continuous throughout. The treatises themselves seem to include everything from the antitquities of Bath to the uses and abuses of bathing.
Price: � 400.00 Presented by Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Guidott (Thomas) A COLLECTION OF TREATISES RELATING TO THE CITY AND WATERS OF BATH. Containing I. A Discourse of the Bath, and the Hot Waters there. Also some Enquiries into the Nature of the Water of St. Vincent's Rock near Bristol; and that of Castle Cary. II. A Century of Observations; containing further Discoveries of the Nature of the Hot-Water at Bath.... III. The Lives and Characters of the Physicians of Bath, from the Year 1598 to the Year 1676. IV. An Apology for the Bath.... V. The Register of Bath; or, Two Hundred Observations. Containing an Account of Cures performed and Benefits received, by the Use of the Famous Hot Waters of Bath; As they for the most Part, came under the Author's Twenty-seven Years Experience and Observation. To which is add
1725. With a folding plan, two plates of coins and 2 other plates, (xxiv) + 430pp, recent half calf, raised bands, leather label on spine, marbled endpapers, occasional light waterstaining otherwise a sound copy. Each of the six treatises has its own title, but they are paginated continuously.
Price: � 240.00 Presented by AMBRA BOOKS, Bristol, United Kingdom

�250 Bayntun 200205 nice copy full(?) calf rebacked(?) Still in stock Feb 2006
ABE 200305:
Guidott, Thomas A Collection of Treatises Relating to the City and Water of Bath London: Printed for J. Leake, Bookseller at the Bath, 1725. Containing, I. A Discourse of the Bath, and the Hot Waters there. Also some Enquiries into the Nature of the Water of St. Vincent's Rock near Bristol; and that of Castle-Cary. II. A Century of Observations; containing farther Discoveries of the Nature of the Hot-Waters at Bath. With the Contents, Property and Distinction of each Bath in Particular. III. The Lives and Characters of the Physicians of Bath, from the Year 1598, to the Year 1676. IV. An Apology for the Bath; being an Answer to the late Enquiry into the right Use and Abuse of the Baths of England, &c. With some Reflexions on Fresh Cold Bathing, Bathing in Sea Water, and Dipping in Baptism. V. The Register of Bath; or, Two Hundred Observations. Containing an Account of Cures performed, and Benefits received, by the Use of the Famous Hot Waters of Bath: As they, for the most Part, came under the Author's Twenty-seven Years Experience and Observation. All written by the Learned Thomas Guidott, M.B. late Physician at the Bath. To which is added, Therm� Rediviv�: ot, The City of Bath described, &c. By Henry Chapman, Gent. 4 engraved plates (one folding), full-page engraving p.274, woodcut p.81 and woodcut head and tail pieces. 8vo. [14]ff, 430pp. Bound in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with a new red goatskin label, endleaves renewed, red sprinkled edges. Occasional light browning and a few spots, but a good copy. All six parts have a separate title-page, and each treatise is denoted as being the second edition, except for "The Lives and Characters of the Physicians of Bath" and "Therm� Rediviv�". The pagination and signatures are continuous throughout. Price: �250 US$ 405.60 Bookseller: George Bayntun, Bath, SO, United Kingdom

�145 Bath Bankes 200206 Later half calf, marbled boards.
Continuous pgination to 439(?).
No map, no coins plates, two other plates (one folding). Missing map & plates not mentioned