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'The Plan of Edinburgh exactly done from the Original of y famous D. Wit'

Andrew Johnston after D[ ] Wit.

No scale.

Various views of Edinburgh border the map.

Three engravings of notable buildings in Edinburgh.

'The Hon[ora]ble John Elphinstone Esq. Engineer delin'
'Parr sculpt.'

[ ] Parr after John Elphinstone.

From John Elphinstone (1706-1753), 'Fifteen views of the most remarkable buildings of the City of Edinburgh' (Edinburgh: W.M. Martin, [1753]).

'Plan of New Streets & Squares intended for the City of Edinburgh'
'Ja.[mes] Craig Arch[itect] inven. et delin.'
'Published according to Act of Parliament Jan 1[s]t 1768'

Scale: 1 inch to 200 feet.

'This plan was begun to be carried into Execution Anno 1767 The Right Honour[a]ble Gilbert Laurie Esq Lord Provost' inscribed in lower margin.
Dedication to George III in lower margin.
Annotations in manuscript in pencil in lower margin and in plan.

Incomplete, minor parts outside engraved image missing, part missing left of cartouche in top margin, right end of plan missing completely.

'Restalrig Church.'
'Engra[ve]d by Ja[mes] Newtone'
'Publish[e]d by S. Hooper No 212 High Holborn Jan 13 1789'

'Burn's Monument, auld & new Brigs O'Doon, Alloway Kirk &c. &c.'
'W. Banks del.'
'Lizars sc.'

[ ] Lizars after W[ ] Banks.

• 'Sheelins in Jura and a distant View of the Paps'
• 'A Cottage in Islay'
  'London: Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row Nov 1 1808'

Anon.

'Elevation of the Approach to the Calton Hill by Wellington Bridge.'
'R. Crichton, Arch[itec]t delt'
'R. Scott Sculpt.'
'For the Scots M[agazine] and Edinburgh Lit[erary] Mis[cellan]y, pub[lished] by A. Constable & Co., 1 July 1814'

Robert Scott after R[ ] Crichton.

'Nautical Survey of the Firth of Tay Robert Stevenson Civil Engineer John Steedman Assistant 1816'
'Engraved by T. Ivory Dundee.'
'Surveyed and Navigated by Direction of the Corporation of Trinity House Dundee, George Clerk Esquire Master, 1816'

T[ ] Ivory after Robert Stevenson.

Scale: 2 inches to 1 mile.

'Plan of Dumbarton from actual Survey made by John Wood 1818'
'Engraved by T. Clark'
'Published as the Act directs Sold at Dumbarton and at No. 1 North Bridge Street Edin[bu]r[gh]'
'Cities Exhibition No. 883'

T[ ] Clark after John Wood.

Scale: 5 inches to 20 Scots chains.

From John Wood, 'Town Atlas of Scotland', 1828.

View of St. Giles' Cathedral and Tolbooth, Edinburgh.

Anon.

'Edinburgh. Monument To the memory of the late Prof[essor] [John] Playfair'
'Drawn by Henry Lizars Arch[itec]t'
'Engraved by W.H. Lizars'

William Holme Lizars after Henry Lizars.

'View of the Great Fire of Edinburgh taken on the 16th Day of November 1824.'
'W. Turner de Lond' delt. et fecit.'
'Printed & Published at Robertson & Ballantine's Lithographic Press 20 Greenside Place Edinburgh 18th Nov[embe]r 1824'

William Turner.

Seven reproductions of engravings of views of Edinburgh.

'Drawn by Tho. H. Shepherd'

Various engravers after Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, painter active c. 1817-1840.

Motifs from Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 'Modern Athens, displayed in a series of views or, Edinburgh in the nineteenth century [...]' (London, 1829) except .6 last two views, unclear if all items from same edition.

'Jail Governor's House &c. from North back of Canongate'
'Drawn by J. Ewbank'
'Engraved by W.H. Lizars'

William Holme Lizars after John Wilson Ewbank.

'18', '2d' endorsed above image.

Probably later edition of an identical view in William Holme Lizars, Edinburgh delineated: comprising 50 views [...] of the Scottish Metropolis, (Edinburgh: Hamilton, 1832).