Prison.- [Craig (James)] Plan for a General Bridewell, only edition, interleaved (as issued), 2 folding engraved plans (offsetting), light water-staining to upper margin of text, modern cloth, 4to, [?Edinburgh], [1780].

⁂ This was in effect the fund-raising prospectus for a brand new prison or bridewell in Edinburgh, the blank interleaves intended to be used by recipients for comments to be sent to the council. The proposed Bridewell would comprise three courts with cells eight feet square so that every prisoner would be locked up at night in a separate cell. The architect was the local James Craig (1739-1795) who is probably best known to history for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town. Craig's plans were abandoned and instead Robert Adam designed a Panopticon which was built on Carlton Hill between 1791 and 1796 but demolished in the late 19th century.

Very rare and not in the British Library; only one UK copy cited by ESTC (National Library of Scotland), and 3 others in America.