A Journey from London to Scarborough, in Several Letters from a Gentleman there, to his Friend in London. With a List of the Nobility, Quality, and Gentry at Scarborough during the Spaw Season, in the year 1733. To which is Annex'd, an Account of the Nature and Use of the Scarborough Spaw-Water.

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Title: A Journey from London to Scarborough, in Several Letters from a Gentleman there, to his Friend in London. With a List of the Nobility, Quality, and Gentry at Scarborough during the Spaw Season, in the year 1733. To which is Annex'd, an Account of the Nature and Use of the Scarborough Spaw-Water.
Description: London: Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, 1734. 8vo. Frontispiece, iv, 68, x. Later half green leather with matching green boards, marbled end papers and gilt title to spine. Lacks final advert leaf/leaves. Closely trimmed with resultant loss of some text to the foot of both thefrontispiece and title page. * An entertaining early account of a visit to Britain's first seaside spa resort and of the various attractions to be found there. The engraved frontispiece shows the spa and its governor, Dicky Dickinson. Very rare.

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Price: GBP 551.00 = appr. US$ 786.82 Seller: John Turton
- Book number: 35561