Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
first edition Hardcover
1783 · London
by Blair, Hugh
London: Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech in Edinburgh, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary tree calf, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments (5 raised bands); complete set of 2 volumes, 4to, with wide margins; pp. viii, 496; [4], 550, [17] (index). Engraved portrait clipped and mounted to front flyleaf of Volume I. Boards a bit scuffed; joints hastily renewed. Contemporary ownership markings to front flyleaves; marginal paper repairs in Volume I. A nice working set.
First edition, the brief "Heads" of Blair's Edinburgh lectures had been first published in 1767. His "comprehensive discussion of rhetoric and style" (Alston) also treats the theory of language. Alston VI, 237; Jessop 101; Chuo III, 46. (Inventory #: JC14360)
First edition, the brief "Heads" of Blair's Edinburgh lectures had been first published in 1767. His "comprehensive discussion of rhetoric and style" (Alston) also treats the theory of language. Alston VI, 237; Jessop 101; Chuo III, 46. (Inventory #: JC14360)