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[005036] Elton, Lady Mary; [Stewart, Mary] Four Panoramic Views of Edinburgh Taken from the Calton Hill. ill. Elton, Mary; Westall, W.[illiam]. [London]: Hullmandel, C. [Printer], 1823. First Edition. Folio. Unbound. Good. Double page engraved dedication to George the Fourth, and four double page engraved views of Edinburgh, each image approximately 620mm x 250mm in size, with the sheet size being approximately 690mm x 350mm, in the original card covers with original label to upper cover

Old reback with marbled paper, covers moderately stained, chipped to edges and corners with small amounts of loss, plates with some light marginal soiling, one with split to fold, not touching image, and one creased, but images are generally quite bright and clean

Plates on india paper laid on to thick paper, drawn by Mary Stewart, and drawn on to stone by W.[illiam] Westall (see Alexander A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers, 1714-1820, pages 976-977), and printed by C.[harles] Hullmandel

Stewart published a similar work a year earlier with the same title, but those views were all from Blackford Hill (Abbey Scenery 499), and these are all from Calton Hill

See Abbey, Scenery 500 (for a coloured set)