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T021409

Second arabic page sequence contains a version of the text in French, with a separate titlepage: 'Description des bains ..'. In the numbering of the plates, XII and XVI are used twice; plate [I] occurs twice, facing chapter I of both the French and English texts. With an engraved frontispiece, based on that of Burlington's 'Fabbriche antiche ..', 1730, and an engraved dedication to the Earl of Bute.

London: printed by George Scott: and to be had of the author, 1772. [4], iv,65, [3], iv,68p., LXXV[i.e.78]plates: ill.; 2 degrees