Dr. Kit Baston has just completed an important project recataloguing the Signet Library’s collection of pamphlets and publications by the Georgian Edinburgh eccentric William Mitchel. Mitchel, known as the “Tincklarian Doctor” was a remarkable autodidact and self-publisher of some of the most extraordinary tracts, sermons and ephemera ever issued by an individual.
The Signet Library holds what is almost certainly the largest collection of Mitchel material outwith national or university collections, and we believe ten of our Mitchel pamphlets are unique.