Glasgow
Histories of Glasgow and other works, 18th-19th century, finely bound
£1,512
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
M'Ure, John. A View of the City of Glasgow; or, an Account of its Origin, Rise and Progress. Glasgow: James Duncan, 1736. First edition, 8vo, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of author and 2 fold-out engravings of views of Glasgow all by Sam Taylor [n.d.], contemporary sprinkled calf, annotated front endpaper, occasional marginal annotations and manicules, bookplate of William Cole (1714-82), friend and correspondent of Horace Walpole.
Cullan, John. Glasgow Illustrated in a Series of Picturesque Views Drawn & Engraved by J. Scott. Glasgow: for J. Scott, 1834 First edition, 8vo, 25 engraved plates including illustrated title page, contemporary blue half morocco;
Brown, Andrew. History of Glasgow; and of Paisley, Greenock, and Port-Glasgow. Glasgow: William Paton, 1795. First edition, 8vo, 19th century burgundy half crushed morocco;
together with (not collated): Cleland, James, Annals of Glasgow, 1816, 2 volumes; [author unknown], Glasgow Delineated, or A Description of The City, Its Institutions, Manufactures and Commerce, 1824; Pagan, James, Glasgow Past and Present, 2 volumes, 1851; Idem, Sketch of the History of Glasgow, 1847; John Tait's Directory for the City of Glasgow, (reprint) 1871; Muir, James Hamilton and Muirhead Bone (illustrator), Glasgow in 1901, 1901 (2 copies); Gibson, John, The History of Glasgow, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, 1777; Denholm, James, The History of the City of Glasgow and Suburbs, second edition, 1798; Barclay, Hugh, Rambling Recollections of Old Glasgow; Nicol, James, Vital, Social and Economic Statistics of The City of Glasgow, 1881-1885, 1885; Ure, David, The History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride, 1793; M'Ure, John, The History of Glasgow, A New Edition, 1830; Macmillan, Archibald, Jeems Kaye: His Adventures and Opinions, 2 volumes [n.d., c. 1890?]; all in fine leather bindings (20)
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman.