The book of old Edinburgh : with historical accounts of the buildings therein reproduced and anecdotes of Edinburgh life in the olden time

John Charles Dunlop, Alison Hay Dunlop

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VIKW IN OLD EDINBURGH STREET. THE BOOK OF OLD EDINBURGH With Historical Accounts of the thereinBuildings reproduced andAnecdotes of Life in theOldenTimeEdinburgh BY CHARLES DUNLOP ANDJOHN ALISON HAY ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM R.S.A.HOLE, NEW EDITION ANDERSON AND FERRIEROLIPHANT ST. MARY ANDEDINBURGH,30 STREET, LONDONOLD24 BAILEY, 1893 Preface. Volume was written as a of the.Handbook THIS Old Street which wasEdinburgh represented inin the International Exhibition held inEdinburgh 1886. itsThe of to from theAuthors, quotedesign original ' ' was to each house its ownNote,'Prefatory give place in to so far asEdinburgh history ; people each, possible, with its old inhabitants at to note some; or, least, of the which inare thrown on eventsside-lights great Scottish and observation of thehistory by anecdote, by habits and the and the dresscustoms, thought speech, and trod the streets of ourof those whodemeanour, theirs with asnative and called themcity long ago, much and affection as we do now.'pride in theThis was the aim of the andBook, judgment of those best fitted to form an the executionopinion, vi Preface. was of the aim. It has therefore been deter-worthy mined to it as a substantial contribution to itsrepublish subject.

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• Edinburgh

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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