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Bath: Pevsner City Guide
Contributor(s): Forsyth, Michael (Author)
ISBN: 0300101775     ISBN-13: 9780300101775
Publisher: Yale University Press
OUR PRICE:   $39.60  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: January 2003
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: - This is the second paperback City Guide in the Buildings of England series
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Europe - Great Britain
- Architecture | History - General
- Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest
Dewey: 720.942
LCCN: 2003011393
Series: Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.68" W x 8.4" (1.31 lbs) 344 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:

This delightful book is the first comprehensive architectural guide to Bath, England's finest Georgian city. Full of new discoveries and lively descriptions of the city's notable buildings, the book follows in the great tradition of the Pevsner series. It features superb, specially taken color illustrations throughout and numerous easy-to-use walking maps.

The great set-pieces of Bath--the famous Pump Room, The Circus, Royal Crescent--are embedded in a graceful urban landscape developed by a long succession of gifted local architects. The city's Roman roots are represented by the remains of its extraordinary baths, its medieval prosperity by the splendid Abbey. Exquisite villas and terraces on the surrounding hills add further variety. For all who share an interest in the buildings of Bath--from architect to historian, tourist to armchair traveler--this is an irresistible volume.