Rare and Unusual Books

Published: Edinburgh, Edinburgh UP, 1966 etc.
Date: 1968 reprint.
Description: xviii, 338pp+ 82 b&w photo plates by Edwin Smith and incl 80 figs, pictorial end papers. Gilt lettered cloth. 24x19. Very good copy, in nice dust wrapper. Owner's signature on front end paper.
Notes: The best book on this key town planning episode. An entire new settlement was built to the north of the medieval Old Town. Perhaps only Newcastle (see entries below) achieved such a comprehensive new ideal plan in this period.
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Price: £30.00