22nd March – 12pm to 7pm

23rd March – 10am to 4pm

Radisson Blu Hotel, Royal Mile


Events

21st March – 11am & 2pm

“Books and Other Certain Rarities”

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The first recorded evidence of the Library at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was in 1696, when archived Minutes recorded that “books and other certain rarities” were to be provided in the new Hall of the Incorporation of Barbers and Chirurgeons, then being built in High School Yards.

Today, our Library and Archive team care for this collection of thousands of surgical books, serials and historical documents, while answering enquiries on all aspects of the College’s unique role in the history of medicine and surgery.

We will be exhibiting many of our rare medical and surgical books and manuscripts, as well as non-medical texts such as a 1460 “Book of Hours”, and a superb copy of “The Nuremberg Chronicle” from 1493.

£9.50/£6.50

Book Tickets

Surgeons’ Hall Museums, Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW

22nd March – 12pm – 7pm

Edinburgh Book Fair

Antiquarian Booksellers Association & Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association

Scotland’s largest antiquarian and collectable book fair, the Edinburgh Book Fair is a joint production of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association. More than forty specialist booksellers from around the UK will be exhibiting books, ephemera, maps, prints, photographs, and more for sale.

Free entry

Radisson Blu Hotel, High Street, EH1 1TH

23rd March – 10pm – 4pm

Edinburgh Book Fair

Antiquarian Booksellers Association & Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association

Scotland’s largest antiquarian and collectable book fair, the Edinburgh Book Fair is a joint production of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association. More than forty specialist booksellers from around the UK will be exhibiting books, ephemera, maps, prints, photographs, and more for sale.

Free entry

Radisson Blu Hotel, High Street, EH1 1TH