
The Book of Old Edinburgh
And Hand-Book to the 'Old Edinburgh Street' Designed by Sydney Mitchell, Architect, for the International Exhibition of Industry, Science, and Art, Edinburgh, 1886
Cambridge University Press
Published on 24. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
182 pages
978-1-108-06626-6 (ISBN)
Description
This work was first published in 1886 to accompany one of the more eccentric displays at the Edinburgh International Exhibition of the same year. Historically accurate reconstructions of noteworthy but long-demolished Edinburgh buildings were built side by side to create a fictional street. This guide provided visitors with key historical information relating to the recreated buildings and monuments ranging from the medieval market cross to the historic tolbooth. Fact is combined with anecdote, situating the buildings in the wider context of Edinburgh's rich history. The text was written by John Charles Dunlop and Alison Hay Dunlop, antiquarian siblings little known beyond their Edinburgh circles. Of particular interest are the illustrations by William Fergusson Brassey Hole (1846-1917), who later painted the murals in the entrance hall of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
72 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
237 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06626-6 (9781108066266)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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Content
Prefatory note; Introduction; 'Old Edinburgh'.