Lot 175
Drummond, James
Old Edinburgh
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Edinburgh: G. Waterston, Sons, & Stewart, 1879. First edition, one of 500 copies, large folio (52 x 39cm), original quarter morocco, 104 tinted lithographic plates on 80 sheets, binding slightly worn, marked and cockled, light spotting, occasional faint tide-mark to upper margins of plates;
Reid, John. Bits of Old Edinburgh, Removed or Altered under Recent Improvement Schemes. Edinburgh: Banks & Co., 1900. Large folio, original cloth, 23 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, binding rubbed, a little fraying to spine-ends;
Simon, Frank W. Bits of Old Edinburgh. Drawn and Etched. Edinburgh: George P. Johnston, 1885. First edition, one of 250 copies, 10 etched plates (39 x 28cm), each with explanatory text leaf, title leaf, contents leaf, all loose as issued in original roan-backed green cloth portfolio, title-leaf and contents leaf browned, portfolio marked and with one inner panel detached;
Bell, J. Munro. Old Edinburgh Closes. Twelve Etchings. Edinburgh: [no publisher], 1884. 12 etched plates (38.5 x 28.5cm), title leaf, contents leaf, loose as issued in original yellow cloth portfolio, title-leaf stained and creased;
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Footnote
THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)