A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful with an introductory discourse concerning taste; and several other additions..
London.
Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1812.
New edition.
8vo.
xi, [5], 342pp. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-decorated straight-grain burgundy morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Armorial ink-stamp of the Seale family to recto of RFEP. Very occasional light spotting.
A new edition of Burke's highly influential treatise on aesthetics that proved fundamental to subsequent discourse regarding the sublime in Romantic literature and art, first published in 1757.
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref: 34642
