Dissertations Moral and Critical
by Beattie James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full contemporary calf recently re-spined with endpapers refreshed. Wear at edges, heavy wear at corners, but sound and attractive overall; old monogram to half title. Scattered foxing, mostly to early pages, faint dampstain in the gutter to a few pages else a clean, wide margined copy. x, (vi), 655pp. Though a poet early on, Dissertations is Beattie's most lasting work - the sections entitled on The Theory of Language and On Fable and Romance were especially influential. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Philosophy; Inventory No: 045193.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045193
- Title
- Dissertations Moral and Critical
- Author
- Beattie James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Strahan and T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1783
- Keywords
- Philosophy; NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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