IBBETSON, Julius, John LAPORTE and John HASSELL. A Picturesque Guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the River Avon and the Adjacent Country. London: for Hookham and Carpenter, 1793. 4° (249 x 185mm.). Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 15 plates by and after Ibbetson, Hassell and Laporte. Half-title, errata. (A little light spotting, mainly on the guards, occasional dust-soiling and water-staining to text margins.) Contemporary tree calf, gilt beadwork border, flat spine gilt in compartments (spine rubbed and chipped, corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Joseph Whittuck (bookplate, dated 1801 in manuscript). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Scenery 38; Tooley 277.
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IBBETSON, Julius, John LAPORTE and John HASSELL. A Picturesque Guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the River Avon and the Adjacent Country. London: for Hookham and Carpenter, 1793. 4° (249 x 185mm.). Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 15 plates by and after Ibbetson, Hassell and Laporte. Half-title, errata. (A little light spotting, mainly on the guards, occasional dust-soiling and water-staining to text margins.) Contemporary tree calf, gilt beadwork border, flat spine gilt in compartments (spine rubbed and chipped, corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Joseph Whittuck (bookplate, dated 1801 in manuscript). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Scenery 38; Tooley 277.

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IBBETSON, Julius, John LAPORTE and John HASSELL. A Picturesque Guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the River Avon and the Adjacent Country. London: for Hookham and Carpenter, 1793. 4° (249 x 185mm.). Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 15 plates by and after Ibbetson, Hassell and Laporte. Half-title, errata. (A little light spotting, mainly on the guards, occasional dust-soiling and water-staining to text margins.) Contemporary tree calf, gilt beadwork border, flat spine gilt in compartments (spine rubbed and chipped, corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Joseph Whittuck (bookplate, dated 1801 in manuscript). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Scenery 38; Tooley 277.
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