A new guide to Cheltenham : being a complete history and description of that celebrated watering place, embracing a minute account of the virtues and qualities of its mineral waters, and a summary of the disorders in which they are recommended, together with a sketch of the surrounding country, and an account of Gloucester and its cathedral, as well as other places worth of notice / by G. A. Williams.
- Williams, G. A. (George Arthur)
- Date:
- [1823-1825]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A new guide to Cheltenham : being a complete history and description of that celebrated watering place, embracing a minute account of the virtues and qualities of its mineral waters, and a summary of the disorders in which they are recommended, together with a sketch of the surrounding country, and an account of Gloucester and its cathedral, as well as other places worth of notice / by G. A. Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.
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