An Inquiry into the Principles of Taste.
by KNIGHT (Richard Payne)
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- Hardcover
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for T. Payne and J. White, by C. Mercier, 1805. First edition, 8vo, xxi, [3], 471, [1] pp., occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine with raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments tooled in blind, red morocco lettering piece, a nice copy. An important work in the history of aesthetics, confirming Knight's reputation as the arbiteron national taste. Its impact on contemporaries was considerable and by 1808 it had run to three further editions.
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- Forest Books (GB)
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- 30653
- Title
- An Inquiry into the Principles of Taste.
- Author
- KNIGHT (Richard Payne)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for T. Payne and J. White, by C. Mercier, 1805
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- Morocco
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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