Lot 173
Edinburgh
Collection of antiquarian local histories
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Bower, Alexander. The History of the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Alex. Smellie, 1817. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards;
Stevenson, R. H. The Chronicles of Edinburgh, from its Foundation in A.D. 617, to A.D. 1851. Edinburgh: William Whyte & Co., [1851]. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, 7 engraved plates including frontispiece and folding view;
[Mackie, Charles]. The History of the Abbey, Palace, and Chapel-Royal of Holyroodhouse. Edinburgh: J. Hay and Co., 1819. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial boards, later spine label, engraved additional title-page, 8 engraved plates and plans (one folding);
Foulis, Robert. Old Houses in Edinburgh, and their Inhabitants, as they are and Might; with the Result of an Experiment towards their Improvement in the Grassmarket. Edinburgh: Johnstone and Hunter, 1852. First edition, inscribed 'with the author's kind regards', 8vo, original cloth;
Miller, Peter. The Old Tolbuith ... With the Luckenbooths and the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh from 1365 to 1617. Edinburgh: printed for private circulation, 1867. First edition, inscribed 'Thomas Dickson Esq LLD with Mr Miller's best respects May 1887', 4to, original cloth, engraved plates;
Chalmers, P. Macgregor. Dalmeny Kirk: its History and Architecture. Glasgow: Carter and Pratt, 1904. First edition, one of 120 copies signed by the author, 8vo, original boards, dust jacket, woodcut illustrations, laid-in autograph letter signed from the author;
Dickson, John. Centenary Memorial. History of South College Street Church. Edinburgh: William Oliphant & Co., 1866. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, tinted wood-engraved frontispiece, 8 tinted lithographic portrait plates;
and 37 others similar, 19th or early 20th century, original cloth, concerning areas including Morningside, Leith, Stockbridge, various churches, etc.
(40+)
Footnote
THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)