Luxurious Bathing. Fourth Edition. A Sketch by Andrew W. Tuer: Eight Etchings by Tristam Ellis.

  • Tuer, Andrew W.
  • London: Field & Tuer 1880

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Description

Oblong 8vo, pp. [vi], 58, [2] + 7 plates and inserted advertisement leaf. Several of the plates on blue paper. Engraved vignette to title page. Original half vellum, vellum boards, edges untrimmed. Some soiling. Boards soiled and slightly warped. Bookplate to pastedown covering an earlier inscription: ‘Edward and Marianna Heron-Allen. July, MD.CCC.XCI.’

Notes

An informative treatise on bathing, from sponge baths to sea-bathing, representing the Victorian love of bathing and swimming, and presented in the old-fashioned style of the Leadenhall Presse.

Location & Opening Times

3a & 4a Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AE


Opening Hours

Open seven days a week, 11am - 5pm

On Thursdays late night opening until 8pm