The present publication adds a further volume to a series which the author has already written on different aspects of eighteenth-century Bath: Voices of Eighteenth-Century Bath (1995), Bath Entertain'd (1998), Bath Administer'd (2001) and Bath Commercialis'd (2002). All take the form of an attractively arranged catalogue of items and themes, rather than an integrated study, and are clearly intended for a lay market. At the same time all also display a close engagement with the primary sources, unearth a wealth of new information and are informed by a deep understanding of the history of the Georgian spa. This volume is no exception. A short introduction sets the broad picture. The lapsing of the Licensing Act in 1695 opened the doors for provincial printers. Bath was slow to take advantage of the new environment compared with other West Country towns, but by the 1740s was catching up and by the 1770s ‘had become a significant contributor to the national output of print at almost all levels’. By 1800 paid employees at the city's printing offices, independent bookbinders and engravers’ shops ‘came to fewer than a hundred’, but to these must be added apprentices and unpaid family members. There then follow about 50 items, typically of one to two pages in length, arranged in a broadly chronological fashion, and illustrated by text and engravings reproduced from the primary materials. Many of the entries deal directly with the leading printers, making it possible to track the evolution of specific businesses and partnerships (traceable through a special index) such as that of the Crutwell dynasty. The father Richard, having just completed his apprenticeship to a London printer, arrived at Bath in 1768 and bought into a partnership to run a local newspaper. He went on to establish a multi-faceted printing business (continued by his son) that placed him at the top of the trade and brought him considerable wealth by his early death, aged 52, in 1799. Other entries focus on specific publications and/or their authors, such as newspapers like the Bath Journal (launched in 1744) and Bath Chronicle (1760), and the historians of Somerset and Bath, John Collinson and Richard Warner. Perhaps most interesting are the thematic entries such as ‘the printing office’ and ‘procedures’, detailing the practicalities of the printing trade, and ‘metropolitan connections’, demonstrating the close ties between London booksellers/publishers and Bath printers. All in all the volume is a mine of information on the Georgian spa. The A4 format ensures that the profuse illustrations are reproduced to a scale that allows the reader to obtain an intimate sense of the rich output flowing from the city's presses.