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J. Feltham    A Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places... 1803-1825
£20
13 x 8cm


As the title suggests, this 500 plus page pocketbook provides a comprehensive guide to all the seaside resorts and spa towns popular with the fashionable upper and middle classes in the first quarter of the 19th century. The author was john Feltham, and the book was first published by R. Phillips in 1803. There were several updated and revised editions up to at least 1825. The work contained a number of small unattributed maps, including this one of the Isle of Wight.
Ref: ISL 016