as-1830
1880: 40 engravings of old Edinburgh buildings and streets in the 1700s
Wilson, D. :
Twenty Views of Old Edinburgh, First Series [bound with] Twenty Views of Old Edinburgh, Second Series.
Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack, not dated [circa 1880]
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8 inches x 6 inches, 20 cms x 15 cms. 30 pages of text followed by 40 engraved sepia-printed views of Edinburgh, mostly full-page.
In nice, virtually unmarked, condition, original wrappers bound in an early quarter cloth binding, marbled boards (corners a touch rubbed), by Edmond & Clark, Bookbinders of Aberdeen. Bookplate of Alexander M. Munro (historian and author).
The 40 views, each with its own descriptive text, show Edinburgh as it was during, mainly, the 1700s. Each view is printed one side only (i.e. blank on the reverse) on thick paper.
The views are: Netherbow Port; The Heart of Midlothian; St. Giles's Cathedral; Trinity College Church; Blackfriars' Wynd; Cardinal Beaton's House, Cowgate; Holyrood Chapel; Dunbar's Close High Street; Golfers' Land, Canongate; Piscina, Palace of Mary of
Guise; Smollett's House, Canongate; West Bow (2 views); Old Assembly Rooms, West Bow; The Weigh House; Major Weir's House, West Bow; Edward Hope's House, Castlehill; Ancient Houses, Castlehill; Riddle's Close, Lawnmarket; Old Bank Close; ...
... John Knox's House; Nisbet of Dirletown's House, Canongate; Reid's Close; Back of White Horse Close, Canongate; Hospital of Our Lady, Paul's Work; Mansion of Marquis of Huntley, Canongate; Gosford's Close, Lawnmarket; Symson's House, Cowgate; French
Ambassador's Chapel, Cowgate; Brown Square; Trinity Hospital (2 Views); St. Ninian's Row; The Potterrow; Ancient House, Canonmills; Ancient Council House, Leith; Old Greyfriars' Church; Greyfriars' Churchyard; Heriot's Hospital; The West Bow.
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