Lot 168
Maitland, William
The History of Edinburgh, from its Foundation to the Present Time
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Edinburgh: Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, for the Author, 1753. First edition, folio, contemporary sprinkled calf, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, engraved folding map, 20 engraved plates (several folding), signatures 2O2 and 2X2 duplicated;
Gibson, Patrick. Select Views in Edinburgh: consisting chiefly of Prospects that have presented themselves, and Public Buildings that have been erected in the Course of the Recent Improvements of the City. Edinburgh: J. Pillans & Son, 1818. First edition, 4to, original boards, 15 pp., 6 etched plates (one folding), spine worn with two cords of three split;
Hardiviller, Charles Achille d'. Souvenirs des Highlands, voyage à la suite de Henri V en 1832. Paris: Dentu, 1835. First edition, 4to, original printed green paper boards with gilt green sheep backstrip, half-title, lithographic frontispiece, 29 similar plates, plate of manuscript facsimile, binding rubbed and marked, spotting to contents;
Knox, John. A View of the British Empire, more especially Scotland; with some Proposals for the Improvement of that Country, the Extension of its Fisheries, and the Relief of the People. London: J. Walter [and others], 1786. First edition, 4to, 19th-century half calf, early manuscript list of library borrowers to initial blank, tear to foot of spine, spotting and soiling internally [ESTC T83714: 4 copies only];
Gordon, Alexander. Itinerarium Septentrionale: or, a Journey thro' most of the Counties of Scotland, and those in the North of England. London: for the author, 1726. First edition, folio, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 66 engraved plates (numbered 1-65 and one unnumbered), several folding, bound without the folding map, wear to binding, title-page slightly soiled, with repaired closed tears in gutter and ink-stamp of the Church of Scotland;
and 2 others (John Parker Lawson, Scotland Delineated, London: Day and Son, c.1860, 4to, original blue cloth gilt, tinted lithographic plates, recased, spotted, not collated, and a volume of early issues of the Scotsman newspaper from 1821)
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Footnote
THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)
Gibson's Select Views of Edinburgh is notably uncommon, with no other copy traced in auction records, and three in British and Irish institutions on Library Hub.