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'Paterson's Plan of Edinburgh'

Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile.

Attached on reverse 'View towards the Castle from Carlton Hill'
On the reverse advertisements and several rubber stamps (red ink) 'The Outlook Tower Castlehill Edinburgh'

'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.

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

'Edinburgh from the Calton Hill looking South East'

Anon.

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.

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).

Three perspective views of Edinburgh.

Anon. [G.S. Aitken]

Five photographs with views of Edinburgh and Glasgow (1), some mounted on a backing.

Anon.

Two photographs of backcourts of unidentified tenement buildings, mounted on cardboard with paper backing.

Anon.

'Suggested Plan for a National Institute of Geography According to Designs of Professor Geddes.'
'Galeron del'

Two copies of a reproduction of the design.

Paul Galeron and Patrick Geddes.

Scale: 1:400.

From 'Scottish Geographical Magazine', 1902.

'Edinburgh Improvement Plans and Sections in Parliament, session 1893.'

Volume with thirteen plans mainly concerning proposed widening of streets in Edinburgh.

'John Cooper, Burgh Engineer, Edinburgh, William Skinner, W.S. Town-Clerk, Edinburgh'

Scale: 3 cm to 100 feet.

Post Office Plan of Edinburgh and Leith by John Bartholomew 1926-1927. Constructed from Ordnance and Actual Surveys'
'John Bartholomew'

Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile.

Inset: 'Map showing Full Extent of the City of Edinburgh'

'Bartholomew's Pocket Plan of Edinburgh & Suburbs Reduced by Permission from the Ordnance Survey'
'The Edinburgh Geographical Institute'
'Copyright John Bartholomew'

Anon.

Scale: 1 inch to 500 yards.

'Proposed architectural treatment specially adapted for Castle Terrace being an attempt to bring about a simpler skyline and to unite the station and the School of Art somehow'

Series of postcards showing the skyline of buildings in Edinburgh from the Art School to the Caledonian Hotel including proposed new buildings.

Anon.

'Panorama of Future Edinburgh according as completed, [ ] by some admiring followers of W. Dick Peddie. (Archi[tec]t of Cal[edoniann R[ailwa]y, Art School +c.) [ ] unsolicited + [ ] 5/10/08 Return to P. Geddes' endorsement in manuscript in ink by Patrick Geddes on reverse of postcard 1.

'In order to obtain the full benefit of this design stand it on edge - bent it in manner of a semi circle. picture postcards of St. Cuthberts + St. John can then be placed in their relative position and [card 5:] the Pentland Hills imagined behind the Veil.' endorsement in manuscript in pencil on reverse of postcard 6 and 5.

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]).