The history of Edinburgh, 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.

William Maitland

Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, 1753

Folio, 36.5 x 24 cm. Bound in 3/4 leather over gray boards.  Binding issues: front board detached, head of spine scuffed, but internal binding solid. Pages are generally clean and unmarked (a few small stains, but very good).  viii, 518 pages. Illustrated plates, some folding.  Twenty full-page copper plates engraved by Paul Fourdrinier.