Dundee on Record: Images of the Past.

Royal Commission On The Ancient And Historical Monuments Of Scotland.

ISBN 10: 0114942080 / ISBN 13: 9780114942083

Published by Mercat Press, 1992

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Softcover in illustrated covers, size 21 x 20cm, in Very Good condition, pp75, b&w illustrations. sepia maps in inside covers. Royal Commission On The Ancient And Historical Monuments Of Scotland: Dundee on Record: Images of the Past. Seller Inventory # 011592

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dundee on Record: Images of the Past.

Publisher: Mercat Press

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

This publication brings together a selection of photographs and drawings depicting the rich built heritage of Dundee. The illustrations, many of which appeared in an exhibition organized to celebrate Dundee's 1991 octocentenary celebrations, have been drawn mainly from the collections of the National Monuments Record of Scotland, an extensive national archive of Scotland's historic buildings and archaeological monuments administered by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Dundee has long been renowned as the home of the jute industry in Britain, an association which has endowed the city with much impressive industrial architecture, best symbolized by the remains of Camperdown works, with its lofty brick chimney, and by the "jute palace" homes of the magnates of the industry. The city has had a long and occasionally turbulent history, however, which is reflected in a wide and distinctive variety of buildings, ranging from castles and churches to tenements and office blocks, and its riverside setting has bequeathed a legacy of maritime industries and large bridges.