HEATH (Charles), editor and printer. Four works bound tog...

1. The Excursion Down the Wye from Ross to Monmouth; comprehending Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Wilton and Goodrich Castles; also of Court Field, the Nursery of King Henry the Fifth; New Wear, with Every Other Object in the Voyage. The Celebrated Family of Swift, who Resided at Goodrich, are not Overlooked: and, Throughout the Whole are Interspersed, A Variety of Amusing and Interesting Circumstances, Never Before Collected:- Particularly Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Life of John Kyrle, Esq. Rendered Immortal by the Muse of Pope, Under the Character of "The Man of Ross."

Monmouth, printed and sold by Him [i.e. Charles Heath] in the Market-Place. 1799. Second, enlarged edition. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. 8vo. pp. [252]. Charles Heath was born in 1761 in Worcestershire where his father owned extensive paper mills. In 1791 he set up his press in Monmouth and traded as a jobbing printer as well as publishing his own topographical works on Monmouthshire. His picturesque descriptions helped attract a growing number of tourists to the area. 'The Excursion Down the Wye' was first published in 1796. It covers the whole of the voyage from Ross to Chepstow and was the first part of a work that was to be followed by two more parts but which seem never to have been printed. BL, Cambridge, John Rylands, Oxford Balliol, Kansas in ESTC.II. HEATH (Charles) edits: Monmouthshire. Descriptive Accounts of Tintern Abbey; selected from the Most Esteemed Writers on that Beautiful Ruin: with some Observations on the Monastic Order, and a Correct Translation of the Charters of the Earls of Pembroke and Norfolk, whose Ancestors Founded the Monastery in the Year 1131. pp. [78]. Sold at the Abbey, also by Mr. Rogers and by Mr. Walter George, Chepstow. 1799.No copy listed in ESTC. Only occasional (erratic) pagination - possibly consists of extracts put together by Heath from other of his printed works. (Heath published another work on Tintern Abbey in 1793.)III. [HORNBY (Charles)]. A Small Specimen of the Many Mistakes in Sir William Dugdale's Baronage. Exhibited in Some Remarks on about half a page of that Voluminous Work. In a Letter &c. Being the reprint of a scarce and curious Pamphlet, written by the late learned Dr. Richard Rawlinson, and addressed to that eminent Antiquary, Mr. Thomas Hearne, of Oxford. Containing a valuable and interesting Critique on Sir William Dugdale's Account of the noble family of the Clares, Earls of Gloucester and Hertford, Who formerly were Lords of such extensive Possessions in the County of Monmouth. pp. [8], 64. Monmouth, printed and Sold by Charles Heath; Sold in London by Longman and Co. 1801. The 1730 edition of 'A Small Specimen of the Many Mistakes in Sir William Dugdale's Baronage' is attributed by ESTC to Charles Hornby. Charles Heath, who edited this edition, suggests that the work is by Richard Rawlinson. This edition not recorded in COPAC.IV. HEATH (Charles) edits: Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Ragland Castle: containing the Names, Size, and Appropriation, of the different Apartments, when in their Splendor: List of the Household, and Method of Living, when Inhabited: also, The Whole of the Correspondence which passed between the Marquis of Worcester, proprietor and occupier of the castle; and Sir Thomas Fairfax, Knt., General of the Parliament Army, who besieged it: with the Articles of Capitulation, on which it Surrendered: and a Variety of other Interesting Particulars relative to that Magnificent Ruin. To which are added, by way of Preface, Brief Notices of Wonastow, Tree-Owen, Dingatstow and other objects in the road to Ragland. Collected from Original Papers and Unquestionable Authorities. pp. [4], 21, [1], [16], 107, [1]. [Monmouth], Printed and Sold by Him [Charles Heath], in the Market Place; Sold also by Mr. Chambers, Ragland. N.D. [?1797]The only edition listed in ESTC (BL, Columbia only) has a different, shorter pagination.

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