Title	The Life of Richard Nash (2nd ed)
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Author	Goldsmith O
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Plates	Engraved portrait frontispiece
Category	UK Topography
Subject	Bath
Topo Subcat	Beau Nash
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County	Bath
Town	Bath
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Departement
Purchase Date	04/05/2012
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Cost	$38.80

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Format	Octavo
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Maps
Descriptive Comments	Second edition. Full calf. Marbled end papers. Re-backed.
Other Notes	Tipped in photo prelim
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Signatures	Glamorgan Library (on title)
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Book 1762 The Life of Richard Nash Esq Late Master of Ceremonies of Bath
Book 1762 The Life of Richard Nash Esq Late Master of Ceremonies at Bath Extracted principally from his original papers
Full Calf. Book . Second Edition printed same year as the first; Hand tipped Portrait frontis and another engraved portrait of Nash taken from a painting by Mr Hoare. 8.1/4" x 5" Published anonymously in 1762. Richard "Beau" Nash was born in 1674 Swansea. After a year at Oxford & a brief tour of duty with the Guards in London, Nash took the job, Master of Ceremonies of the spa at Bath. He was a dandy, sported flashy clothing, enjoyed gambling and opf course the ladies. His magnetism helped turn the sleepy Bath into a fashionable prosperous town.
In very good condition tightly bound. Ex-library book. Edges of covers slightly scuffed, internal pages good slightly discoloured as expected for a book of this age.

Publisher: Unknown,
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Bath
For J Newbery in St Paul's Churchyard W Frederick at Bath and G Faulkener in Dublin

Date: 1762
Illustrations/pages: 237 pages
Edition:
Second Edition


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