The History of Edinburgh: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time....to which is Added an Appendix containing I. A Dissertation on Scottish Music; II. An Account of Remarkable Funeral Processions; III. A Comparative View of the Modes of Living.
Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech, 1788. Second edition. Hard Cover. Complete with all illustrations, plates, folding plates and folding plan. Period calf, respined with new leather, morocco lettering pieces. New endpapers. LIGHT WEAR TO CORNERS AND BOARDS. TITLE PAGE AND "DIRECTIONS TO BINDER" MOUNTED ON ARCHIVAL PAPER. SCATTERED LIGHT FOXING. LATER EDITIONS DID NOT INCLUDE THE 20 COPPER ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS! OWNER NAME AND BOOKPLATES. OVERALL AN ATTRACTIVE, VERY GOOD+ COPY OF AN EARLY PRINTING OF THIS CLASSIC HISTORY. Item #8536
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