CD-Georgian_Regency Bath

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"Is that a guide book in your pocket? . . .Or,
have you been thinking about me in my bath?"

Look inside

ISBN 0-9773116-4-3

4 books, plus numerous prints, maps
and engravings on 2 CD-ROMs

Now you can learn what Bath was like during Jane Austen's lifetime. This CD set contains 4 valuable research books that were published during the Georgian / Regency era. Each one provides an excellent source of information that is hard to find elsewhere.

In addition, there are many period maps and engravings included.

* 700 pages of useful and entertaining information.

* 54 Engravings -- 12 in color.

* 9 colored Maps & Plans.

* All are browser readable -- and printable. There are separate PDF files on the CDs for each.

$37.50 -- plus $2.50 S & H.

(Discount available for Book Stores, Gift Shops, accredited Libraries and Academic Institutions)

PC Compatible.
MAC Compatible.
(using OS X and Safari Browser)

* 1785 New Bath Guide or, Useful Pocket Companion. Containing everything you want to know about Georgian era Bath. Also has several illustrations, plus a 1785 map of the city.

* 1785 Bath Chronicle newspaper, with loads of interesting news, including reports of 2 balloon flights by Mr. Blanchard (one with Miss Simonet), and one balloon flight by Mr. Sadler. (The first British Aeronaut). This is a nice companion piece to the 1785 New Bath Guide.

* 1807 "New Bath Guide." Humourous work by Christopher Anstey, with 12 engravings by Francis Eginton. A wonderful look at the social life of Bath in a series of letters by members of the Blunderhead family.

* 1811 Playbill for a performance at the Theatre Royal in Bath.

* 1811 Guide to Cheltenham, with area map. Wonderful descriptions of Cheltenham Spa, &c. Plus 4 engravings. [This also appears on the Jane Austen Seaside & Spa CD-ROM.]

* 6 Views of Cheltenham, 1813.

* Walks Through Bath...by Pierce Egan. Written in 1818 and published in 1819. Contains everything you want to know about Bath and vicinity during the Regency era. Features a complete travel itinerary from London to Bath, descriptive walks through Bath, &c. (including Sydney Gardens), descriptions and measurements of buildings, rules and costs of bathing, subscriptions to balls/rooms, Rules of the rooms, &c. Includes 21 engravings of the city.

* Sections to print and make an 1804 pocket map of Bath

* Sections to print and make an 1805 pocket map of Dorsetshire.

* Sections to print and make an 1805 pocket map of Gloucestershire.

* Sections to print and make an 1805 pocket map of Hampshire.

* Sections to print and make an 1805 pocket map of Somersetshire.

* Sections to print and make an 1805 pocket map of Wiltshire.

* 1815 Map of Bath Environs.

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