Elements of Criticism
Hardcover
1763 · London / Edinburgh
by [Lord Kames, Henry Home (1696-1782)]
London / Edinburgh: A. Millar / A. Kincaid & J. Bell, 1763. Second edition, with additions and improvements. Hardcover. Very Good+. Contemporary speckled calf, handsomely rebacked, with gilt-stamped lettering in dark brown leather spine label in second compartment (5 gilt-ruled raised bands); complete set of 3 volumes, 8vo; pp. xii, 433; 481; 459, [1] (blank), [48] (index). A little light scuffing and chipping along edges of boards; spine labels a bit scuffed. A nice, bright set -- internally bright and clean, with just some faint marginal tanning on first and last few leaves.
One of Kames's best known works, a discussion of the principles of aesthetics. (Inventory #: JC14334)
One of Kames's best known works, a discussion of the principles of aesthetics. (Inventory #: JC14334)