MACKENZIE | The Man of Feeling, 1771

From the Library of the Earls of Haddington

[MACKENZIE, HENRY]

The Man of Feeling. T. Cadell, 1771

8vo, first edition, contemporary calf, spine gilt with Baillie’s golden fleece motif, red morocco label, browning

Mackenzie tried for several years to gain publisher's interest in his first novel. When he finally published it anonymously in 1771, a priest claimed authorship.

LITERATURE:

ESTC T38895

PROVENANCE:

George Baillie (1644-1738), engraved armorial bookplate applied posthumously; Hon. George Baillie (c. 1721-1797), signature on title; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington

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