1793 Ure's History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride, Scotland : 20 Engravings

The History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride:
Published with a View to Promote the Study of Antiquity and Natural History

By David Ure

Printed by David Niven, Glasgow, 1793. First Edition. 8vo, half leather binding (rebacked), pp vi, [iv], 334, [20 pages subscribers names]. Illustrated with 20 plates (2 of which are folding).

Bound in at the rear is 'Biographical Notice of the Rev. David Ure' by John Gray, published by Hugh Hopkins, Glasgow, 1865, 59 pages plus a frontispiece.

CONDITION
A good copy. The binding has been rebacked at some point in the past and is in good condition with some rubbing to the leather corners and spine. Hinges secure with no cracking, marble endpapers good, all contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. No writing or names to the book. Overall a good copy.

(Loc : Blue Shelf 4, 3 up)