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Two engravings of buildings and the environs of Edinburgh.

William Bell Scott and Robert Scott.

From William B. Scott and Robert Scott, 'Scenery of Edinburgh and Midlothian' (Edinburgh, 1838).

'Edinburgh from the Cat Nick Salisbury Crags' label with title mounted in lower margin of window frame.
'Drawn & Eng[rave]d by WB Scott'

'circa 1832' endorsed in manuscript in ink (red) in lower margin of window frame.

'Plan of Edinburgh'
'G. Aikman'

G[ ] Aikman.

Scale: 1 inch to 500 yards.

From Black's 'Economic Guide through Edinburgh', 3rd ed (Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1843).

'Plan von Edinburgh 1844'
'Verlag des Bibliogr[aphischen] Institut's zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris, Philadelphia'

Anon.

Scale: 1 cm to 100 yards.

Two insets: 'Edinburgh Castle'; 'Grössen-Vergleichung der Haupt-Gebäude'

'St. Andrews. Church of St Regulus & Ruins of the Cathedral'
'Drawn by R.W. Billings.'
'Engraved by J.H. Le Keux.'
'Edinburgh, Published by William Blackwood & Sons, 1848.'

J[ ] H[ ] LeKeux after Robert William Billings.

'The Hounted Close, West Bow.'
'Drawn by Daniel Wilson, Eng[rave]d by William Forrest'

William Forrest after David Wilson.

Motif from Daniel Wilson, 'Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time' (Edinburgh: Paton, 1848), vol 2, pl. 105, p.120.

'Edinburgh from Arthur Seat'
'Drawn & engraved by David Nimmo'
'Published by J.L. Smith, Bookseller & Stationer 1 Antigua Street, Edinburgh'

'To his grace the Duke of Gordon, This Print of the Wooden Bridge over the Spey is respectfully dedicated by his obed[ien]t humble servant Arch[ibal]d Simpson, Architect, S. Leith Lith'

S[ ] Leith after Archibald Simpson, 1790-1847, Scottish architect.

'S. Leith Lithographer Banff.' relief stamp in lower margin.

'Fife and Kinross sheet 21' [Ordnance Survey map.]
'Ordnance Survey Office'
'Surveyed in 1854 [...], contoured in 1855 [...], engraved in 1855 [...], published [...] 15th April 1856'

Anon.

Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile.

Annotations (illegible) in manuscript in pencil in bottom right corner.
Annotations (illegible) and figures in manuscript in pencil on reverse.

'Biggar Parish Lanarkshire Sheet XXXIV.10'
Ordnance Survey map.
'July 1859' relief stamp in top margin.

Anon.

Scale: 1:2500

'James Masterton: Biggar Sales by Johnston & Wilson to him, 1875' endorsed on reverse in manuscript in ink.

'p. Daniel Turner, Solicitor at Law, 24 George Street, Edinburgh' endorsed on reverse in manuscript in ink.

'Hislop's Time - Gun Map of Edinburgh and Leith'

Plotted on Post Office Directory Map.

[ ] Hislop

Scale: 5 inches to 1 mile.

'Roxburghshire Sheet XIV' [Ordnance Survey map]
'Surveyed in 1859, contoured and engraved in 1862, published 30th Sept[emb]r 1863'

Anon.

Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile.

'Plan of Edinburgh and Leith with Suburbs from Ordnance and Actual Surveys. Constructed for the Post Office Directory'
'By John Bartholomew.'
'Engraved & Printed by John Bartholomew, Edin[bu]r[gh]'

Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile.

'Grampian Mountains, from the summit of Ben Cluech - The Highest of the Ochil Hills. A Station of the Trigonometrical Survey of Great Britain'

Panorama of the Grampian mountains, with explanatory text printed underneath skyline of the mountains.

'Published by J.A. Knipe, Carlisle, 1875'
'J.A. Knipe Author of the Geological Map of the British Isles' [signature bottom right corner]
'Maclure & Macdonald Litho to the Queen London'
On the reverse of the two final cards of each half 'Map of Routes from Glasgow to Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, The Trossachs, Lake of Menteith, The Ochil Hills etc'
'Constructed, Engraved & Published by Machise & Macdonald, Glasgow'

The panorama is folded into a hardcover with cloth, embossed 'Grampian Mountains from Ben Cleuch Summit of the Ochil Hills Clackmannan'

Author: J[ ] A[ ] Knipe.

No. VIII from T.G. Stevenson, 'Edinburgh in the Olden Time' a facsimile edition of a series of 63 drawings by Rev. J. Sime (Edinburgh, 1880).