Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
McNaughtan's Bookshop
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That letter ‘S’ after the apostrophe on the top line is a bit of an afterthought, J. Boyle, printer of Aberdeen. He perpetrated this typographical horror in 1788 so I’ve probably left it a bit late to complain.
I love this category of typographic blunder. I blogged about my favourite one of these I’ve seen: universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/b...
Found tucked inside a copy of Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces by William Creech from 1815, currently on the #cataloguersdesk
A splendid sun hiding in the margin of Isaac Vossius’s 1685 collection of essays Variarum Observationum Liber, currently on the #cataloguersdesk
Delighted by the Carlisle binder’s ticket in this little nineteenth century book. J. Slee has clearly done lovely work, even if the book has seen some wear over time.
The Firsts London preview evening is in full swing and we have a stand full of lovely books!
We’re back at the Augustine United Church for the PBFA June one-day book fair - a selection from stock on display and a bumper crop of other exhibitors as well. Here until 4pm today!
McNaughtan's Bookshop
A little celebration of libraries in our window today! We are lucky to have the @natlibscot.bsky.social & over 30 public libraries, making Edinburgh the first UNESCO City of Literature.
Check out @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social & @cilipscotland.bsky.social for more on why libraries matter.
A rather fanciful view of St Bernard’s Well, followed by the artist’s justification of it on the errata leaf. Taken from John Stoddart’s Remarks in Local Scenery & Manners in Scotland, published in 1801
Something is very strange about this titlepage. Amusingly so. Can you see what it is? During printing the second “M” of the second word in the title, “GRAMMAIRE”, must accidentally have been omitte…
That letter ‘S’ after the apostrophe on the top line is a bit of an afterthought, J. Boyle, printer of Aberdeen. He perpetrated this typographical horror in 1788 so I’ve probably left it a bit late to complain.
