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Lot 477

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[AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS] [MACKENZIE, HENRY] the man of feeling

London: for T. Cadell, 1771. First edition. 12mo. With a Henry Mackenzie autograph letter, signed H. Mackenzie and dated Dec. 22, 1826, tipped in at front: "Dear Madam, I meant to call on you today... The request of your friend for a thing of so little worth as my autograph flatters me... with that of my illustrious friend Sir Walter Scott..." Early ink ownership on verso of front free endpaper. Full contemporary tan calf. Boards and joints rubbed, front board starting to separate, corners bumped; some occasional foxing to text, with some small ink stains in margins of a few leaves. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down and call number in pencil on the same and the title-page, as well as an ink stamp on back paste-down. Henry Mackenzie (Scottish, 1745-1831), was a leading member of the Edinburgh literary scene, Comptroller of taxes for Scotland, as well as a lawyer.

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