Picture of Edinburgh: Containing a Description of the City and Its Environs, With a New Plan of the City and Forty-Six Views of the Principal Buildings, Third Edition, Improved

Edinburgh: Printed for John Fairbairn, 13, Waterloo Place, 1823. Three-quarter leather bound. Very good +. [ILLUSTRATED]. Edinburgh: Printed for ; Manners and Miller, High Street; John Anderson, Jun. 55, North Bridge Street; and Hurts, Robinson, and Co., London.

Spine title: Stark's Picture of Edinburgh
Map: Plan of Edinburgh and Its Environs from a Survey by James Knox, 1823. R. Scott, Engraver, Edinburgh: John Fairbairn, 13 Waterloo Place; Marmers & Miller High Street and John Anderson Jrnr. 55 North Bridge Street, 1823. (18 7/8" x 23 3/8") within the neat line.

24mo; viii, [1], 2-370pp; three-quarters bound in brown calf with marbled boards, gilt-stamped ornaments on spine compartments, gilt lettering in black label onlay; ownership on ffep; engraved fp + 44 additional engraved views on 13 plates (the title states 46 total views but no evidence of any removed); map bound in at rear, old repairs to map verso; scuffing to boards; very good plus. An interesting introduction to Edinburgh and its history, politics, civil and municipal establishments, insurance companies and banks, literary and religious establishments, charities, amusements, manners, customs, infrastructure, climate and diseases, population and its natural history. A chapter on available excursions and tours with a map of the city is bound-in.