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Folio (387 x 290 mm), [8], xxxiii, [1], 146pp., one of 350 numbered copies, title printed in red and black, photogravure vignette to title-page, 77 photogravure plates (35 views & 42 portraits), top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original blue buckram, bevelled boards, lettered in gilt, a very nice copy. A re-issue of the 1871 edition in a new and revised form, under the editorship of Professor William Stewart. It contains views, portraits, and a historical sketch of the university. The ëIntroductory Noteí here explains that ìthe views of the old buildings have been reproduced, and along with them a new series representing the buildings on Gilmorehill. The list of portraits has been greatly extended so as to comprehend not only those contained in the earlier volume but also portraits of the [current] Chancellor, the Members of the University Court, the Rector, the Principal, and others, including all the Professors who have held office since the new buildings were opened.î A very good copy of this sumptuous publication.