Volume 1 includes plates and descriptions for Aberbrothock Abbey, Forfar,. Aberdeen ( Kings College and Cathedral.), Aberdour House, Fife, Airth Castle, Linlithgow, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Fife., Auchan's Castle, Ayr, Balveny Castle, Banff, Borthwick Castle, Edinburgh, Brechin Cathedral and Round Tower, Forfar, Burgie Castle, Elgin, Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries, Cambuskenneth Tower, Stirling, Castle Campbell, Clackmannan, Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Clackmannan Tower, Coldingham Priory, Berwick, Corstorphine Church, Edinburgh, Coxton Tower. Elgin, Craigievar Castle, Aberdeen, Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh, Craigstone Castle, Aberdeen, Crathes Castle, Kincardine, Crichton Castle, Edinburgh, Crichton Church, Crossraguel Abbey, Ayr, Dairsie church, Fife, Dalmeny Church, Linlithgow.

Commentaries by: John Hill Burton
Contributions by: R. Rowand Anderson