Quarto. 94pp. With two engraved folding plates depicting the facade of the infirmary, and a plan of the interior respectively. Nineteenth-century green buckram, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, some marking, spine separating, with some loss. Recent ownership inscription and private library shelf-label of Robert Croall to front-endpapers, small hole to title-page - not touching text, occasional dust-soiling, spotting to plates.

A succinct history of the founding and progress of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Established in 1729, the infirmary is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland, receiving a Royal Charter from George II in 1736; a copy of which precedes the statues of the institution that comprises the latter half of this work.