Rare Books

Catalogue of the first [-second] part of the very extensive and valuable library of rare and curious books, of the late John Whitefoord Mackenzie, Esq., writer to Her majesty's signet, Edinburgh, : collected with great care and judgment during a long series of years, and forming one of the finest and most remarkable libraries which has been offered for sale in Scotland. Such an extensive and varied range of literature as is represented in this library, the perfect condition of te books, and the tasteful character of the bindings, are very seldom met with a collection. It includes complete sets of the publications of nearly all the literary clubs and societies, amongst others the Bannatyne, Maitland, Spalding, Abbotsford, Roxburghe and Hunterian; the Caxton, percy, Shakespere [sic], Halkluyt, Early English Text, Surtees, Celtic, Chetham, &c. &c. A specialty is the completeness of the collection of books relating to Scotland, Celtic, and British antiquities and literature, in privately p