Descriptive guide of Leamington Priors : containing a brief account of that celebrated and fashionable spa : with general rules for drinking the waters, and the use of the baths : (as recommended by the most eminent physicians,) : comprising also various interesting county sketches, including a particular account of Kenilworth and Warwick Castles, Stonley-Abbey, Off-Church, Guy's Cliff, Birmingham, Coventry, Ragley Park, and Stratford-on-Avon, &c. : illustrated with elegant vignettes and a perspective view of the castle and borough of Warwick : likewise with views of the Royal Pump Room and New Baths, of the Assembly Rooms, the theatre, and other superb embellishments / by J. Bisset, (Late of Birmingham,) proprietor of the historic picture gallery, of the Public Reading Room, and the Museum of Natural History at Leamington ; with a map of ten miles round the spa.
Edition:
The second and improved edition.
Published / Created:
Coventry : Printed for the author, and sold by Merridew and Son; and sold in London by Longman and Co.; also by Nournaville and Fell, New Bond Street, and by the principal booksellers in every city and town in the British Empire, 1816.
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 114, [12] p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map : 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Beck; after illustrations by I. Simms and J. Bisset.
Subject Terms:
Leamington (England) -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Warwickshire (England) -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Kenilworth Castle (Kenilworth, England) | Warwick Castle (Warwick, England) | Stoneleigh Abbey -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Offchurch -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Guy's Cliffe -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Birmingham (England) -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Coventry (England) -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Ragley Park (England) -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Description and travel -- Guidebooks. | Merridew and Son -- Publisher. | Longman and Co. -- Publisher. | Nournaville and Fell -- Publisher. | Fenwick, Bowes -- Autograph. | Bisset, J. (James), 1762?-1832 -- Publisher.