A Round of the Links; Views of the Golf Greens of Scotland. Etched by George Aikman A.R.S.A. from watercolour drawings by John Smart. R.S.A.

Edinburgh, Privately Printed Limited Edition 1893, Large Oblong Folio ( 430 x 590 mm) ,Original Brown Cloth Gilt, Title Printed in Red and Black, Dedication and Twenty Finely Etched Old Coloured Golfing Scenes

First Edition Signed by the Author.

A scarce work illustrating the older courses in Scotland. Each plate is titled on the tissue guard.

The courses illustrated are: Dunbar ; North Berwick; Gullane; Luffness; Musselburgh; Leith; Leven; Elie; St Andrews; Carnoustie; Montrose; Aberdeen; Perth; Stirling; Bruntsfield; Lanark; Glasgow; Machrihanish; Prestwick and Troon.

John Smart was born in Edinburgh Oct 16,1838. His father was Robert Campbell Smart, the famous engraver. Educated at Leith High School he received his first instruction in art at the school of the Board of Manufacturers. In 1858 he was apprenticed to an engraver, but as he showed great talent for landscape, later became a pupil of Horatio McCulloch, R.S.A. Smart was an original member of the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society and was elected an A.R.S.A. in 1871 and an R.S.A. in 1877.

Besides being a gifted artist, John Smart was a celebrated golfer, continuing to play regularly on the Leith Links until 1899.

This is now a rare work with few copies remaining complete.