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TYTLER, William Fraser. Report of the trial of the issues, in the action of defamation and damages, william fraser tytler, Esq. of Burdsyards, &c. sheriff-depute and vice-lieutenant of the county of inverness - pursuer, against lachlan mackintosh, Esq. of Raigmore - defender. Taken in Short Hand.

Edinburgh. Printed for William Blackwood, 1823. First edition.
8vo. [8], 131, [1], 31pp, [1]. With a half-title. Later maroon cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Naive marginal paper repairs to leaves L1- 2, scattered spotting. Letterpress slip tipped-in at title: 'Agreeably to the instructions he has received, the Publisher has the honor to transmit this Report to', completed in manuscript 'George Inglis Esq. of Kingsmill'.
The proceedings of the trial of Lachllan Mackintosh for accusations of libel brough by lawyer and sometime Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh William Fraser Tytler (1777-1853).

George Inglis of Kingsmill (1764-1847), sometime partner in a slave-trading business in St. Vincent and later a planter in Demerara.
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref: 23517