The Picture of Glasgow; or, Stranger's Guide; With a Sketch of a Tour to Loch Lomond, Loch Ketturrin, Inveraray and The Falls of Clyde, 1812

The Picture of Glasgow; or, Stranger's Guide; With a Sketch of a Tour to Loch Lomond, Loch Ketturrin, Inveraray and The Falls of Clyde. A New Edition, Enlarged. Enriched with four Views, and a Map of the City.

Published by R. Chapman, Glasgow, 1812. An uncommon early guide book for visitors to the city of Glasgow. The first time we have seen this book - only 20 copies in institutional holdings on Worldcat.

A good hardback with red leather spine and corners. Bumped and scuffed with wear to edge of boards. Soundly bound. Inner hinges cracked but all still securely bound. Offsetting to corners of free endpapers from leather corners.

Spotting to titles and plate locations. Text is good, with scattered spotting and finger marks. A few short trimmed rough edges at the lower edge. The double page plate of Cleland, Jack & Co.'s Warehouse is missing the lower left corner, although the loss is mainly marginal. The fold-out map of the City is rebacked. 

Text in English.

xi (including Frontispiece ) + fold-out map + 288pp + 3 additional plates (all as called for).

Dimensions: approx 180mm high x 112mm wide x 27mm deep.

Weight: approximately 326g (unpacked).