Rare Book Auction: A Guide to Watering Places , on the Coast between the Exe and the Dart

Published 8th January 2019

 

 Riviere of Bath binding. A Guide to Watering Places, on the Coast, between The Exe and the Dart (BK21)

An exceptional volume being offered in the 6th March 2019 Antiquarian Book Auction (BK21)  takes us back to the elegance of the Regency period, when Teignmouth, Dawlish and Torquay were the fashionable places to go to and be seen.

The Title page of the Guide to Watering Places, on the Coast, between The Exe and the Dart (BK21)

Titled 'A Guide to Watering Places, on the Coast between The Exe and the Dart' and illustrated with fine hand coloured aquatint plates and in a fine signed binding by Riviere of Bath, it was published in Teignmouth by E. Croydon in 1823 and carries a pre-sale estimate of £200 - £300

One of the fine hand coloured aquatints from A Guide to Watering Places, on the Coast between The Exe and the Dart (BK21)

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