Description and condition:

Black boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 186 pp., index, bibliography, maps, b/w illustrations.

Very good with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good dustcover, hint of fading along spine.

Contents:

Landscape and man; Aquae Sulis: the Roman spa; from pagan to Christian: the Saxon rebirth; monks and wool: the Medieval city; dissolution and after: the 16th and 17th centuries; elegance and expansion: the 18th century; the search for identity: 1800-1940; towards a future.