BURKE, EDMUND.

A philosophical enquiry into the origins of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful. The eighth edition. With an introductory discourse concerning taste, and several other additions.

London: printed for J. Dodsley, 1776. 8vo, pp. ix, [7], 342; Todd 5h; bound with: [Burke, Edmund], A vindication of natural society: or, a view of the miseries and evils arising to mankind from every species of artificial society. In a letter to Lord **** By a late noble writer. The second edition, with a new preface. London: printed for R. & J. Dodsley, 1757; pp. xiv, 106; contemporary tan calf, rebacked, new red morocco label on spine; good and sound, or better. "Called forth by the publication of [Viscount Henry St. John] Bolingbroke's works in 1745, and is a satirical imitation both of his philosophy and his style" (DNB). Todd 3b. Item #23279

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