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A Day at a Scotch Carpet-Factory. Wood engraving with letterpress. August 1843. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.

Published in: Penny Magazine, Supplement August 1843.

Note: 8 pp. letterpress on 4 leaves, with 5 wood engravings.

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A Day at the Barrowfield Dye-Works, Glasgow. Wood engraving with letterpress. July 1844. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.

Published in: Penny Magazine, Supplement July 1844.

Note: 8 pp. letterpress on 4 leaves, with 4 wood engravings.

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Colonel Gardiner. Wood engraving with letterpress. 7 September 1844. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.

Published in: Penny Magazine, September 7 1844.

Note: 2pp. article on 1 sheet. Wood engraving titled: 'Birth-place of Colonel Gardiner, and Tree which he is said to have planted'.

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Drummond, from a portrait by Cornelius Jansen; Hawthornden from an original drawing. Wood engraving with letterpress. 1 May 1841. Johnson, Cornelius, 1593–1661, Artist; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.

Published in: Penny Magazine, 1 May 1841.

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George Buchanan. From a portrait by Francis Pourbus senr., In the possession of the Royal Society. Stipple engraving. Undated. Pourbus, Frans, 1545 or 1546-1581, Artist; Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, Engraver; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher; Knight, Charles, 1791-1873, Publisher.

Publisher statement: London. Published by Charles Knight, Pall Mall East, Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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Glasgow Corn Exchange. Wood engraving. 30 December 1843. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.

Published in: Penny Magazine, 30 December 1843.

Note: In ink, below: 'Messrs Brown & Carrick, Architects / at the angle of Hope sand Wellington Streets / Begun Oct 1841 opened Nov 1842'.

Scope and Contents Hebrides, or Western Isles. Engraved map with added colour. 1 June 1834. J. & C. Walker (Firm), Engraver; Baldwin & Cradock, Publisher; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.Publisher statement: [Published under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge / Published by Baldwin & Cradock 47 Paternoster Row].Published in: Scotland in Three Parts with a Plan of Edinburgh, sheet III (1834).Note:...

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High School of Edinburgh. Wood engraving with letterpress. 1839. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.

Published in: Penny Magazine, 21 September 1839.

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John Knox. From a picture in the possession of Lord Somerville. Stipple engraving. Undated. Holl, Benjamin, 1808-1884, Engraver; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.

Publisher statement: London. Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street, Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

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Local Memories of Great Men: Thomson. Wood engraving with letterpress. 26 March 1842. Paton, J., Artist; Anelay, Henry, 1817-1883, Artist; Andrew, Engraver; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Publisher.

Published in: Penny Magazine, 26 March 1842.

Note: Image and text on 3 pages (2 sheets). Portrait of Thomson, after J. Paton; Kelso Abbey, after Nasmyth; Jedburgh Abbey, after Arnald; The Thames from Richmond Hill, after Tombleson.