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Associated Places Edinburgh (Scotland)

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1. Journal of a tour through Wales, the lakes in Lancashire, Westmoreland & Cumberland, Edinburgh, and manufacturing towns in England in the year 1808.

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Date:
1808 August 10-September 26
Physical Description:
1 volume (178 pages) : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Scotland delineated : a series of views of the principal cities and towns, particularly of Edinburgh and its environs : of the cathedrals, abbeys, and other monastic remains : the castles and baronial mansions : the mountains and rivers, sea-coast : and other grand picturesque scenery : from drawings made expressly by Sir William Allan, F.R.S.A., Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., George Cattermole, W.L. Leitch, Thomas Creswick, A.R.A., David Roberts, R.A., J.D. Harding, Joseph Nash, Horatio Macculloch, R.S.A., J.M.W. Turner, R.A., D.O. Hill, R.A., W. Simpson, &c. &c. : accompanied by copious letterpress, comprising histories of the city and Castle of Edinburgh, and Palace of Holyrood : with historical and antiquarian notices, interspersed with curious and original anecdotes of the principal scenes and events illustrated thoughout the work / by John Parker Lawson, M.A.

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Creator:
Lawson, John Parker, -1852
Date:
[1858]
Physical Description:
[6], 285 pages, [71] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Modern Athens! Displayed in a series of views: or Edinburgh in the nineteenth century: exhibiting the whole of the new buildings, modern improvements, antiquities, and picturesque scenery, of the Scottish metropolis and its environs, from original drawings, by Mr. Thomas H. Shepherd ...

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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:
1829 [i.e. 1831]
Physical Description:
2 p.., [iii]-vi, 88 p., 1 leaf. plates. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A panoramic view of Edinburgh from the Carlton Hill [graphic] / drawn on stone by G. Tytler, (46 Essex St., Strand) from an original drawing taken on the spot, August 1822.

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Creator:
Tytler, George, 1798–1859
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
1 print on 3 joined sheets : hand-colored lithograph ; sheets end-to-end 25 x 213 cm, rolled to 25 x 6 cm (scroll format)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A tour to the Highlands of Scotland, & the Isle of Staffa, with a short description of the lakes of Windermere & Derwentwater.

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Creator:
Steade, Charles
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
1 v. ([5], 214, [4] p., [40] leaves of plates, [2] folded) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Description of a view of the city of Edinburgh and surrounding country : now exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester-Square ... / painted by the proprietors, J. and R. Burford, from drawings taken by them from the summit of Calton Hill.

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Creator:
Burford, John
Date:
1826
Physical Description:
12 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Description of a view of the city of Edinburgh and surrounding country : now exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester-Square / painted by the proprietors, J. and R. Burford, from drawings taken by them from the summit of Calton Hill.

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Creator:
Burford, John
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
12 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts