The North Prospect of the City of Edenburgh

The North Prospect of the City of Edenburgh is an engraving by John Abraham Slezer that was probably drafted around 1690[1] and published 1718–19.

Sir Robert Sibbald, the cartographer royal for Scotland, provided text to go with Slezer's drawings.

This work was initially intended for the second publication of Slezer's The Ancient and the Present State of Scotland.

Poor sales and lack of support from the Scottish Parliament for Theatrum Scotiae pushed Slezer into debt.

The viewer is led from the castle down the High Street and through the towering lands, beneath the Netherbow Port in the direction of the Canongate Tolbooth, passing by St Giles' Cathedral and the Tron Church.