8vo. [4], 125pp, [1]. With half-title. Recent calf backed blue paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Stamped in blind by Worchester Public Library to title, subsequent two leaves, and final three leaves, all leaves lightly toned, marginal dust-soiling to final gathering and blank RFEP.

A treatise of art critic Daniel Webb (c.1719-1798) on the merits of poetry presented through the conceit of two dialogues, with particular attention paid to the imagery of Shakespeare's works. Throughout his inquiries into aesthetics Webb maintained that taste was a natural sense that recognised the beauty of moral ideas through the constraints of art.