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1773 A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
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Early Edition, Leather Binding
The seventh edition, this work is sought after in any early edition.
An important essay on aesthetics by Edmund Burke.
This treatise was the first complete philosophical work separating and defining the beautiful and the sublime. In the essay Burke holds a preference for the Sublime, rather than Beautiful, an important step which heralded the transition from the Neoclassical era to the Romantic.
Burke's essay was influential, with admirers being Denis Diderot and Immanuel Kant.
This was Burke's only purely philosophical work, as an economist and Whig M.P.
Ink inscription of Thomas Purnell of Kingshill to the front paste down.
Condition
In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Joints are starting but firm. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, resulting in a small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Light marks to the boards and spine. Hinges are a little strained but remain firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Small patch of worming from the front paste down to page vi, no loss of text. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots.
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