This srasrll volume is truly literary 
curiosity. The small Treatise was 
translated by a youth only 15 years 
of age, and for which small work the 
same youth cut the type , composed 
himself the forms of letter, and then 
worked off the sheets. * He afterwards 
to complete the process bound up the * 
small volume as here. It may be con¬ 
sidered as unique and only a suitable 
volume for the library of a curious 
• collector, as it may be ranked among 
the literary curiosities to show what: 
unaided genius can effect in the wilds 
of Scotland. 
It was presented by the eminent 
Bookseller Y/illiam Blackwood to Sir 
Francis Free ling as an enrichment and 
suitable companion to his rich collec¬ 
tion of very rare and curious books. 
I think this the most rare and 
curioits article I have ever had the 
pleasure of forwarding for Mr. F* s in¬ 
spection. 
P bought it from the party who 
arranged Sir Fse.®ling*s sale. 
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