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William Mackenzie (publisher)

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County Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870)
Three-spined stickleback from British Fresh Water Fishes

William Mackenzie (of Ludgate Hill, Edinburgh and Dublin) was a well-known Scottish publisher in the mid to late 1800s.[1] He published works by the trio of Francis Orpen Morris, Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon. Some of his prints were commissioned by the Royal Agricultural Society of England.[2] He was most active in publishing from 1866 to 1895.[3]

In 1859, he was awarded a patent for the invention of "An Improved Method Of Printing Impressions Upon An Enlarged Or Reduced Scale, Either From Engraved Plates, Electrotypes, Blocks, Drawings, Or Other Surfaces".[4][5] According to The British & Colonial Printer and Stationer, Mackenzie "had an enormous business, their Family Bibles, Home Preachers and other books of a devotional nature being known all the world over. In Scotland, at least, no home was considered completely furnished unless one of Mackenzie's Family Bibles lay upon the parlour table".[6]

Selected books published

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  • British Fresh Water Fishes[7]
  • County Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland[8]
  • Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative[9]
  • The National Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge[10]
  • The Scots Worthies: Their Lives and Testimonies[11]
  • Upper Egypt and Ethiopia[12]
  • The Museum of Natural History: Being A Popular Account of the Structure, Habits, and Classification of the various Departments of the Animal Kingdom[13]
  • The National Burns[14]
  • The Illustrated Family Burns[15]
  • Chemistry: Theoretical, Practical, and Analytical, As Applies and Relating To The Arts and Manufactures[16]

References

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  1. ^ Micklethwait, David (2005). "Thomas Heber Orr and the Process of Primitive Wordgrowth". Noah Webster and the American Dictionary. McFarland. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-7864-2157-2.
  2. ^ "Shorthorn Bull Ironclad". London: William Mackenzie. 1887.
  3. ^ Lincoln Record Society (1996). The Publications of the Lincoln Record Society. Vol. 84. Lincoln Record Society. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-901503-57-2.
  4. ^ "Mackenzie's Improvements in Printing". English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1859, 1039 - 1111. H.M. Stationery Office. 1859. pp. 1–7.
  5. ^ Patent Law Amendment Act: Office Of The Commissioners Of Patents For Inventions. The London Gazette: The Appointed Organ for All Announcements of the Executive. H.M. Stationery Office. 6 September 1859. p. 3330.
  6. ^ "Leading Provincial Binders". The British & Colonial Bookbinder. 1 (17). W. J. Stonhill & F. Gillis: 14. 14 March 1912.
  7. ^ Rev. William Houghton (1879). British Fresh Water Fishes. London: William Mackenzie.
  8. ^ Morris, Francis Orpen; Lydon, Alexander Francis; Fawcett, Benjamin, eds. (1880). County Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. A Series Of Picturesque Views Of Seats Of Noblemen And Gentlemen Of Great Britain And Ireland. Vol. 1. London: William Mackenzie.
  9. ^ Harris, Edwin (1877). Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative (PDF). Vol. 3. London: William Mackenzie.
  10. ^ Writers Of Eminence In Literature, Science And Art (1884). The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary Of Universal Knowledge. Vol. 7. London: William Mackenzie.
  11. ^ Rev. J. A. Wylie, ed. (1875). The Scots Worthies: Their Lives and Testimonies. Vol. 2. London: William Mackenzie.
  12. ^ Frith, Francis (1857). Upper Egypt and Ethiopia. London: William Mackenzie.
  13. ^ "Recent Publications". The North British Review. Vol. 32–33. Leonard Scott & Company. May 1860. p. 300.
  14. ^ Sudduth, Elizabeth A.; Tarr, Clayton (2009). The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns: An Illustrated Catalogue. University of South Carolina Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-57003-829-7.
  15. ^ Angus, William (1899). The Printed Works of Robert Burns. A Bibliography in Outline. Glasgow: William Hodge & Co. p. 31.
  16. ^ Royal Society of Arts (5 November 1886). Journal of the Society of Arts. Vol. 34. Great Britain: Royal Society of Arts. p. 1282.
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