Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres.
by BLAIR (Hugh):
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for W. Strahan..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. viii, 496; [iv], 550 [551 - 567 Index, 568 blank], recent half calf, gilt spines, black leather labels, marbled boards; lacks portrait, some stains on leather, bookplate removed from front paste-down end-paper of volume 1. The first review of Blair's admired and frequently-reprinted book came in the Monthly Review, in which the reviewer affirmed that Blair had exemplified a "happy and singular union of taste and philosophy [and had] supplied a great defect in the science of criticism...." It also made a "valuable addition to the polite literature" of the late 18th century.
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- Bookseller
- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6338
- Title
- Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres.
- Author
- BLAIR (Hugh):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for W. Strahan..., 1783
- Keywords
- rhetoric prose Scottish Enlightenment
- Bookseller catalogs
- rhetoric;
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LONDON
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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