Quarto. [2], viii, [2], 116pp, [8]. With an additional engraved title page and 27 engraved plates depicting scenes and views of the city. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, bumping to head and foot of spine. Light scattered spotting throughout.

The first edition of a history of Glasgow by local Robert Stuart, accompanied by a selection of intricate illustrations of the city past and present. Stuart notes in the introduction that the field of Glasgow's local antiquities is 'somewhat barren', expressing his hopes that this volume will be 'nevertheless rich' in its depiction of 'the first struggles of an enterprising community'.