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Kerr, Life Writings Letters of William Smellie 2vol.Ed.

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Kerr, Life Writings Letters of William Smellie 2vol.Ed.

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"Contemporary Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of William Smellie, Later Printer in Edinburgh, Secretary and Superintendent of Natural History to the Society of Scottish Antiquaries, etc.", by Robert Kerr, 1811. Complete in two volumes. Facsimile reprint with a new Introduction by Richard E. Sher, published by Thoemmes Press, Bristol, England, 1996.

Hard boards, original publisher maroon cloth; gold stamped lettering on spine, 5.1/2" x 9"; xviii +504 + 488 pages including Index at the end of the second volume, fine condition.

William Smellie (1740-1795) was a Scottish printer who edited the first edition of the "Encyclopedia Britannica". He was also a naturalist and antiquary, who was joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, co-founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and a friend of Robert Burns.

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