Author: James Buchan
Title: Capital of the Mind: How Edinburgh Changed the World
Description: London, John Murray, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated economic study, with a postcard from the author. First edition. With a postcard from the author to Hamish V. C. Riley-Smith, a British dealer, retailer, and trader in rare books and manuscripts from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries. The note reads: "I wonder if you might enjoy bits of my new book" dated 1st November 2002. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. Exploring two generations of Edinburgh's greatest minds, from the early eighteenth century to becoming a marvel of modern Europe. This city became home to the finest minds of the day and their breathtaking innovations in architecture, politics, science, the arts, and economies. This study reconstructs the intimate geographic scale and boundless intellectual milieu of Enlightenment Edinburgh. Written by James Buchan, a Scottish novelist and historian. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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