SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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[BRITISH ISLES]
[Edinburgh.]

'Edinburgh and the Surrounding Country as Seen from the Carlton Hill (356 feet Above Sea Level)' (Panorama of Edinburgh), hand-coloured lithograph in six sections backed onto linen, published circa 1840, overall 28cm x 231cm.

Published
Macgill, Hanover St, n.d. [ca.1850].
References
Bobins Supplementary list 08/14.
Plates
1
Binding/Size
Unknown
Value
0-5000
Published
Macgill, Hanover St, n.d. [ca.1850].
Ref
5501

A beautiful, large coloured panoramic view of Edinburgh. A hand-coloured aquatint (11" x 90" inches), once preserved in burgundy calf tube / folder, with green linen edging. Some of the places listed, running from left to right: Hawkhill / Lochend / Cullayn Point / Aberlady Bay / Peershill Barracks / Musselburgh / Arthur's Seat / Burns Monument / Salisbury Crag / Railway Station / St. Leonard's Hill / Cannongate Kirk / Edinburgh Coal & Gas Works / Tron Kirk / The Royal Exchange Bank / Edinburgh Castle / Bridwell Governor's House / Debtor's Jail / Royal Institution / Princes Street / Stewart's Monument / Ben Lomond / St. Mary's Church / Town of Burnt Island / North Leith / leith Pier / Inchkeith / Nursery Grounds / Leith Glassworks.