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