Above: MAP OF SCOTLAND SOUTH PART Pl.2 By Sidney Hall c1831. From A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain & Ireland by John Gorton 1833. Published by Chapman & Hall, No 186 Strand Dec 1st 1831.

Sidney Hall (1788?–1831) was a British engraver and cartographer well known and popular for his early nineteenth century atlases containing maps of the United Kingdom and of the ancient world reproduced from Hall's engravings. Hall made engravings for a number of international atlases at a time when cartography and atlases were very popular.

​John Gorton was an English writer, known as a compiler of reference works. His works include: A translation of Voltaire's Dictionnaire Philosophique, 1824; A General Biographical Dictionary, new edition, with a supplement by Cyrus Redding, bringing the work as far as 1850, in 4 vols. More info on Scotland by Sidney Hall.

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Another book recommendation for the novice antique map collector. When first published in 1969 by Yale University Press, this Bibliography represented the first attempt to describe the entire known cartographical contribution of the American press prior to 1800 and as such provided an exhaustive and annotated listing of great value to the historian and cartographer. . . 

Above; Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800 A Bibliography - Revised Edition.James Clements Wheat and Christian F. Brun.  Publisher: Holland Press Cartographica.3. 1978.The book includes not only the maps and charts published separately but also those used as illustrations in books and pamphlets and from other sources such as atlases, gazetteers, almanacs, and magazines. Intended originally as a descriptive list of American printed maps and charts in the William L. Clements Library of American History, University of Michigan, the project was enlarged to include all such maps located in the original map collections of the United States and Great Britain. 

I have a copy of "Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800" available  . . . 

There are so many beautiful places to see in Scotland and if you've never visited the Scottish Highlands I recommend a visit. If you can't make the Highlands the Scottish Boarders have much to offer. Melrose is a small town approximately one hour south of Edinburgh, right in the middle of the Scottish Borders. Melrose Abbey is not only the best-known abbey in the Borders but also the best-preserved one. It is a fine example of Scottish architecture. The view some two hundred years ago can be seen in the print below . . . 

Above: The Town of Melrose. Drawn on the Spot by I. Clark. London, Published by Smith & Elder, Fenchurch Street, 1824.  This hand coloured etching and aquatint is from the "Views in Scotland Series". The plates are signed I.Clark but it is generally accepted that these views are the work of the Scottish artist John Heaviside Clark, 1771-1836. He was a prolific artist, aquatinter and engraver, sometimes known as Waterloo Clark due to the sketches he made on the field directly after the Battle of Waterloo.  More info on Melrose by Clark.