Lectures on Art First Series The Philosophy of Art, The Ideal in Art by Taine, H. / John Durand (trans.)

New York: Heny Holt and Co., 1875. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good- no dj; minor rubbing to spine ends and cornes; p.o.'s tasteful bookplate inside front boad; all else-clean, tight, & attactive.. Dark geen decorative boards with gilt lettering on front board and spine; dark brown endpapers; 354 pp; includes both The Philosophy of Art and The Ideals of Art in one volume; Publisher's Note to the Third Edition, Preface to the First Edition, and Preface to the Second Edition.

Henry Holt and Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. E--Green cloth covers worn, rubbed. Front cover has a crease which has cracked the cloth. Some gutter cracking. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. .

Sampson Low, 1881. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 421 pages original 1st edition 1881 ex University Library ( not lending ). original green/ gilt cloth. the odd spot of foxing in the margins. Good copy of a scarce 1st edition.. Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828-1893) was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism, and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism. Literary historicism as a critical movement has been said to originate with him. Taine is particularly remembered for his three-pronged approach to the contextual study of a work of art, based on the aspects of what he called race, milieu, and moment. Taine had a profound effect on French literature; the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica asserted that the tone which pervades the works of Zola, Bourget and Maupassant can be immediately attributed to the influence we call Taines. His works include The French Revolution (1877), The Ancient Regime… Read More

London: Daldy, Ibister, & Co.; S. Low, Narston, Searle & Rivington, 1878-85. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6.5" . Not Stated. The first English translation of this comprehensive work on the French Revolution by Hippolyte Taine, uncommon in this edition. Complete in three volumes. Written by Hippolyte Taine, and translated by John Durand. A detailed and comprehensive work on the French Revolution, or 'Les Origines de la France Contemporaine', comprising of three volumes:Volume I. Spontaneous Anarchy & The Constituent Assembly, published by Daldy, Ibister, & Co. in 1878.Volume II. The Jacobin Conquest, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington in 1881.Volume III. Establishment of the Revolutionary Government, The Jacobin Programme, The Governors, The Governed, The End of the Revolutionary Government, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington in 1885. Volume III is lacking the title page.This set was previously housed at the Napoleonic Library,… Read More

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