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A NEW AND IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME (4 Volumes, Complete) by McDermot, Martin] M'Dermot, M - c. 1820

by McDermot, Martin] M'Dermot, M

A NEW AND IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME (4 Volumes, Complete) by McDermot, Martin] M'Dermot, M - c. 1820

A NEW AND IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME (4 Volumes, Complete)

by McDermot, Martin] M'Dermot, M

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London: J. M'Gowan, c. 1820. Full Leather. Octavo. Vol I: lxxx, 412; II: [4], 556; III: [2], 506; IV: [2], 508 pp. Each volume with engraved title; Volume IV with additional engraved portraits throughout. Bound in marbled calf with beautifully tooled and titled spines, stamp-signed on the verso of the marbled-paper fly leaves, “bound by J. Carke”; all edges gilt; joints show some splitting, but boards are holding; the front cover of Volume I has been tastefully reattached. Though it appears to have gone into multiple printings, this remains a fairly uncommon title. Armorial bookplate of Ernest Augustus, Earl of Lisburne.
  • Bookseller Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA US (US)
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  • Publisher J. M'Gowan
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published c. 1820
A Philosophical Inquiry into the Source of the Pleasures Derived from the Tragic Representations:...
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A Philosophical Inquiry into the Source of the Pleasures Derived from the Tragic Representations: from which is Deduced the Secret of Giving Dramatic Interest to Tragedies Intended for the Stage. Preceded by a Critical Examination of the Various Theories Adopted on the Subject by the English, French, and German Philosophers

by M'Dermot, M. [McDermot, Martin]

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London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co. / D. Sidney & Co. Printers, 1824. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Rebound with leather spine, marbled paper over boards, and new end sheets. Tape repair to title page, rear hinge just beginning to weaken, stain on rear flyleaf. 1824 Hard Cover. viii, 405, [1] pp. A summary of aesthetic theories related to stage productions in various European traditions, along with the author's analysis of the same. This work references the works of Edmund Burke, Karl Schlegel, and Richard Knight. M'Dermot seems to have had a general interest in aesthetics: he also wrote A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste; Essays on the Sources of the Pleasures Received from Literary Compositions; etc.
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