Modern Athenians : a series of original portraits of memorable citizens of Edinburgh / drawn and etched by Benjamin W. Crombie, miniature painter, 1837 to 1847; now reprinted from the original plates, with new illustrative notes and biographical sketches by William Scott Douglas.

Edinburgh : A. and C. Black, 1882.

xvi, 183 pages : color frontispiece, 96 portrait on 48 double plate (part color) ; 29 x 23 cm

The series of portraits was originally "published in separate parts ... They were afterwards collected and published ... with this title: Men of modern Athens; or Portraits of eminent personages (existing or supposed to exist) in the metropolis of Scotland. Edinburgh ... 1839-1857".--Note, p. vii

"This edition is limited to 1040 copies, and the plates are destroyed"