William Mackenzie (publisher)
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William Mackenzie, Ludgate Hill, Edinburgh and Dublin, was a well-known publisher of natural history books in the 1870s. He published works by the trio of Francis Orpen Morris
Francis Orpen Morris
Rev. Francis Orpen Morris , Irish ornithologist and entomologist, was notable as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildings...

, Benjamin Fawcett
Benjamin Fawcett
Benjamin Fawcett was one of the finest of English nineteenth century woodblock colour printers. The son of a ship's master, he was apprenticed at age 14 for seven years to William Forth, a Bridlington bookseller and printer...

 and Alexander Francis Lydon
Alexander Francis Lydon
Alexander Francis Lydon was an English watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age. He collaborated on a large number of works with the Rev...

. His best-known publication was probably County Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland in 1870.

Books published

  • British Fresh Water Fishes (1879) Rev. W. Houghton (author), Alexander Francis Lydon
    Alexander Francis Lydon
    Alexander Francis Lydon was an English watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age. He collaborated on a large number of works with the Rev...

     (1836–1917) (artist), Benjamin Fawcett
    Benjamin Fawcett
    Benjamin Fawcett was one of the finest of English nineteenth century woodblock colour printers. The son of a ship's master, he was apprenticed at age 14 for seven years to William Forth, a Bridlington bookseller and printer...

     (1808–1893) (printer): Colour plates of British fresh water fish in two volumes. The 41 colour plates generally show fish against a natural background or swimming in an underwater setting. The volumes show 38 engraved heading views of regions where the fish occur with diagrams. The text describes the species and their habitats. The volumes are bound in embossed covers with a vignette of an angler holding a fish and freshwater fish motifs in the corners.

  • County Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1870) Rev. Francis Orpen Morris
    Francis Orpen Morris
    Rev. Francis Orpen Morris , Irish ornithologist and entomologist, was notable as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildings...

    , Benjamin Fawcett
    Benjamin Fawcett
    Benjamin Fawcett was one of the finest of English nineteenth century woodblock colour printers. The son of a ship's master, he was apprenticed at age 14 for seven years to William Forth, a Bridlington bookseller and printer...

     and Alexander Francis Lydon
    Alexander Francis Lydon
    Alexander Francis Lydon was an English watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. He worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age. He collaborated on a large number of works with the Rev...

    .

  • The National Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge New edition published between 1891 and 1901. Sold by subcription.

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