The history of Edinburgh : from the earliest accounts to the present time. Containing I. An Historical Account of the Revolutions in Scotland from 1093. II. The Manners-Learning-Trade-Religion-Prices of Provisions-Discovery of Coal-Public Amusements, &c. III. Progress and Present State of the City of Edinburgh. IV. Public Buildings and Establishments, &c. V. An Account of the University, and other Seminaries of Learning, and Literary Societies. VI. Legislative and Judicative Assemblies, with an Account of their Jurisdictions. Vii. Political and Military Constitution-Charitable Institutions-Revenue. Viii. An Account of Leith, its Trade, Shipping, Manufactures, &c. By Hugo Arnot, Esq; Advocate, author of the collection of celebrated criminal trials in Scotland. To which is added, an appendix, Containing I. A Dissertation on Scottish Music. II. An Account of Remarkable Funeral Processions. III. A Comparative View of the Modes of Living-Manners-Literature-Trade and Improvements of the City, from the 1763 to the present period. &c. &c. &c. Embellished with Twenty Engravings of Public Buildings and Views, and an Elegant and Correct Plan of the City, as it now is.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnot, Hugo, 1749-1786.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edinburgh (Scotland)--History.

Edinburgh (Scotland).

Physical Description:

xii,674 pages, 1 unnumbered page,654-656,667-677 pages, 3 unnumbered pages,plates ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed for William Creech; and sold by Messrs Robinson & Co. Paternoster-Row, London, MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

A reissue of the 1779 edition with a different titlepage; sigs. Xx4-Yy1 (pp. 351-354) and Ddd3-Fff3 (pp. 397-413) are cancels; sig. 4N2 (pp. 651-2) has also been cancelled and replaced by a new section 4N2-4P4 (pp. 651-674).

The text and register are continuous.

The final leaf contains 'Directions to the binder for placing the plates'.

Some copies may contain an advertisement bound after p. iv of the preface.

Braces in imprint.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T143106.

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Restricted for use by site license.