The history of Edinburgh
Subtitle: from its foundation to the present time. Containing a faithful relation of the publick transactions of the citizens; accounts of the several parishes; its governments, civil, ecclesiastical, and military; incorporations of trades and manufactures; courts of justice; state of learning; charitable foundations, &c. With the several accounts of the parishes of the Canongate, St. Cuthbert, and other districts within the suburbs of Edinburgh. Together with the antient and present state of the town of Leith, and a perambulation of divers miles round the city. With an alphabetical index. In nine books
By: By William Maitland. The whole illustrated with a plan of the town, and a great variety of other fine cuts of the principal buildings within the city and suburbs
Contributors: Edgar, William, illustrator; Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, illustrator
Publisher: Printed by Hamilton, Balfour and Neil, for the author
Published: 1753
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: History
Notes: "The plan of the city and castle of Edinburgh by Willm. Edgar architect anno 1742"--frontispiece.

Plates engraved by P. Fourdrinier.

ESTC T100092.

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: S. Hughes Note: Binding: Modern quarter calf