Modern Athenians
Subtitle: a series of original portraits of memorable citizens of Edinburgh
By: drawn and etched by Benjamin W. Crombie, miniature painter, 1837 to 1847 ; now reprinted from the original plates, with new illustrative notes and biographical sketches by William Scott Douglas.
Contributors: Douglas, William Scott, 1815-1883.
Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
Published: 1882
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Church officers -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Portraits.; Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Biography.; Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.; Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Officials and employees -- Portraits.
Genres: Portraits.; Biography.
Notes: Frontispiece signed: London, 1831, published by R. Ackermann, 96, Strand. Other portraits signed Edinburgh, dated 1839-1848.
The series of portraits was originally "published in separate parts ... They were afterwards collected and published ... with this title: Men of modern Athens; or Portraits of eminent personages (existing or supposed to exist) in the metropolis of Scotland. Edinburgh ... 1839-1857."--Note, p. vii.
"This edition is limited to 1040 copies, and the plates are destroyed."
List of plates, p. [ix]-xii.
"Chronology of their deaths," p. [xiii]-xvi.