The Tunbridge Wells Guide;.
Bound in contemporary calf; rebacked preserving original spine, in compartments decorated gilt with recent paper label. Inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. A very good copy. Early inscription on verso of first free endpaper.
£250.00
Publisher
Printed and Sold by J. Sprange, at his Circulating Library. Sold also in London, by Rivingtons Booksellers St. Pauls Ch. Yard.,
Place
Tunbridge Wells
Date
1801
Synopsis
Or an account of the ancient and present state of that place. to which is added a particular description of the towns and villages, remains of antiquity, gentlemens seats, founderies, etc.etc. within the circumference of sixteen miles.
Item Description
8vo in sixes. 4.5 x 7 inches. xi + [i] + 336 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 14 engraved plates including 7 folding and frontispiece, by engraved title with vignette, by dedication, by folding table of distances at end and by diagrams in text. Decorated by endpiece vignettes.
Notes
First published in 1780, the early issues of this little guide, have very eccentric pagination and many cancel pages but by the time of this 1801 edition, the print layout had become much more regular. This copy corresponds to Goulden 17 but has fourteen rather than thirteen plates and does not include the list of rare plants at the end. A very attractive Tunbridge Wells guide with a fine collection of copper engravings, paying particular attention to the major sites of interest in the locality including country seats, which are described in detail with lists of paintings (e.g. at Knowle and Mereworth House).
[Stock No. 23683]
Subjects
19th Century • Guides • Kent • Topography • Tunbridge Wells • West Kent