Full transcript of Henry Mackenzie’s ‘A short account of the Life and Writings of William Tytler’.

Full transcript of the ‘Short characteristical notices of the late William Tytler’.

Two copies of engravings of William Tytler which accompanied the pieces are included.

Includes further observations and anecdotes on contemporary Enlightenment figures including Lord Kames, Adam Smith, David Hume, Lord Monboddo and William Robertson. There are extensive extracts of David Dalrymple’s (Lord Hailes) commonplace book and Alexander Carlyle’s autobiography. Several letters and notes on Tytler have been added to the volume after his death. Three printed dedications, including those to Joseph Black and James Beattie, have been tipped in by Tytler.