BOOKS

Edinburgh Guides

Many publishers have produced small guides to Edinburgh, including contemporary accounts of the City, often illustrated with engravings and sometimes including a map of central Edinburgh. 

Here are some of the publishers from the 18th and 19th centuries, with the earliest and latest Edinburgh Guides I have found in each case.

Anderson

New Guide

1830

Ballantyne

Environs and Vicinity of Edinburgh

1859

Bartholemew

Pocket Guide to Edinburgh

1892

Benjie

Guide to Edinburgh

1880-1900

Bertram

Edinburgh

1895

Black

Guide through Edinburgh and other titles

1839-1891

Brown

New Guide and Stranger's Guide

1790-1820

Brydone

Historical and Descriptive Guide

1857

Chambers

Walks in Edinburgh

1825-1829

Dobson

Handy Guide to Edinburgh and Vicinity

1893

Fullarton

Edinburgh

1849

Hunter

New Picture of Edinburgh and City Directory

1806-1828

Inglis

Short Runs Round Edinburgh

1897

Kincaid

Through the City of Edinburgh and Suburbs

1794

Lindsay

New Guide to Edinburgh

1825

McDowall

New Guide in Edinburgh

1836-1851

Menzies

Pocket Guide to Edinburgh

1846-1863

Middlemass

Handbook to Edinburgh

1871

Nelson

Edinburgh and its Neighbourhood and other titles

1858-1889

Oliphant

Some Rambles round Edinburgh

1892

Oliver & Boyd

Guide to Edinburgh and its Neighbourhood

1860

Patterson

Guide to Edinburgh

1890

Pollock

New Guide

1834

Stark

Picture of Edinburgh

1806-1838

Swinton

Stranger's Guide

1820

Thomson

Traveller's Guide

1805

Ward Lock

Edinburgh

1880

Warrender

Walks near Edinburgh

1894

Waverley

Handbook to Edinburgh

1869-1870

Whyte

New Picture of Edinburgh

1812-1823

Willox

Edinburgh Tourist and Itinerary

1844-1856

Wilson

Guidebook through Edinburgh

1860-1885

Several street maps and guides to Edinburgh and the Royal Mile have been produced in recent years.

I particularly recommend the following booklet.  It has a clear map and wealth of information on the history of the Royal Mile and its closes, from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood Palace.    [ISBN 0 903065 88 6]

Gordon Wright

A Guide to The Royal Mile

1997

 

 

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