OLD EDINBURGH. ITS BEAUX & BELLES ITS BEGGARS & CRIMINALS. ITS MERCAT CROSS.

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Published by WILLIAM PATERSON, EDINBURGH, 1886

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A MOST UNUSUAL AND RARE BOOK HAS 3 PARTS. . OLD EDINBURGH. BEAUX& BELLES. FAITHFULLY REPRESENTED TO THE READER IN COLOURED PRINTS, WITH THE STORY OF HOW THEY WALKED, DRESSED AND BEHAVED THEMSELVES. TOLD IN THE LETTERPRESS WHICH IS ADORNED WITH QUAINT CUTS. IMPRINTED AT EDINBURGH. FOR WILLIAM PATTERSON, PUBLISHER. 1886. 50 OR SO MOSTLY COLOURED AND SOME BLACK AND WHITE PRINTS. SOME OF THE CONTENTS OF PART 1 INCLUDE; GENERAL FRANCIS DUNDAS, SIR HENRY JARDINE, SIR ROBERT DUNDAS OF BEECHWOOD, CAPTAIN HAY, EARL OF EGLINTON, AND THE MISSES MAXWELL, ETC., CAPTAIN DALRYMPLE AND MISS MACDONALD OF CLANRONALD, CAPTAIN JAMES JUSTICE AND A LADY. PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT. MISS BURNS. MR AND MRS. LEE LEWES. MR. CLINCH AND MRRS. YATES. MRS. SIDDONS, MR. SUTHERLAND, MRS. WOODS. CAPTAIN BILLAIR AND HIS WIFE. MR. ALEXANDER THOMPSON AND MISS CRAWFORD. MR. PIERIEAND MR. MAXWELL. MRS. SMITH. DR. ALEXANDER HAMILTON. WILLIAM DOYLE, SAMUEL SONE AND WILLIAM FOSTER, WITH THREE CELEBRATED BELLES. MR. ROBERT JOHNSTON AND MISS SIBILLIA HUTTON. PART 2- OLD DINBURGH. PEDDLARS, BEGGARS, and CRIMINALS. WITH SOME OTHER ODD CHARACTERS. THEIR EFFIGIES IN COLOUR and THEIR CHARACTERS IN TYPE. ADORNED WITH HEAD PIECES & TAIL PIECES CURIOUSLY CUT IN WOOD. PART 3. THE CROSS OF EDINBURGH. COMMONLY CALLED THE MERCAT CROSS. BY; THOMAS ARNOLD ARCHITECT. WITH NUMEROUS APPENDIXES. AN EXTRAORDINARY INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL BOOK. WHILE LOOKING OVER THE BOOK IT IT BECAME LOOSE AT THE HINGE ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH. IT IS NONETHELESS COMPLETE AND IN QUITE GOOD CONDITION. THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE ALL CLEAR, THE PAGES ARE CRISP AND CLEAN. IT IS ONLY LOOSE IN THE MIDDLE. NICE RED CLOTH COVER. THE SPINE HAS A PAPER TITLE THAT IS COMPLETE AND CLEAR. IT HAS MINOR FRAYING AT THE TOP. APPEARS TO BE AN EX LIBRARY BOOK. EMAIL ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR PICTURES. THANKS. Seller Inventory # 000065

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Title: OLD EDINBURGH. ITS BEAUX & BELLES ITS ...

Publisher: WILLIAM PATERSON, EDINBURGH

Publication Date: 1886

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First Edition