SCOTLAND ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF VIEWS TAKEN EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK - 2. VOL. SET (COMPLETE) by William Beattie - 1838

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London: George Virtue. Fair. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding set. The contents are "fine", but the boards on volume one are loose, and volume two is rubbed at the edges. All the pieces are there, and it is certainly a rebindable set. As-is. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 200+164 pages .

London: George Virtue, 1838. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 9". Mr T. Allom; W. H. Bartlett; H. McCulloch. A first edition of William Beattie's illustrated guide to Scotland. County by county, Beattie enumerates the history and traditions of Scotland in this illustrated guide to physician and poet William Beattie. A first edition of this work, accompanied by 121 steel engravings drawn in situ. With forty three illustrations to volume I, including a folding map, collated and complete. All illustrations are present, but the plate of Kelso Abbey called for at the rear is the frontispiece. With seventy eight plates to volume II, collated but lacks both plates of Lock Katrine, the first plate of Inverness called for, the illustration of Lock Oich, and the second plate of Loch Leven called for. In a quarter calf binding over marbled boards. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine, with a scuff in the leather to the rear board of volume I near the head… Read More

London: George Virtue. Very Good+. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter brown leather. Rubbed at the corners and edges. Contents are "fine". ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 200+164 pages .

London: George Virtue, 1838. Contemporary 3/4 green morocco & marbled boards, a.e.g.. Extremities rubbed, some foxing: VG+. Folio. 2 steel engraved vignette titles, 118 plates and folding map by T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, & H. McCulloch.