Remarks on the Beauties of Poetry.
by WEBB (Daniel):
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- first
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About This Item
London, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1762. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 178 x 110 mms., pp. [iv], 123 [124 blank] including half-title, with slightly later ownership "Mary Fane 1790" contemporary speckled calf, spine ornately gilt, red morocco label; front joint slightly cracked, but a very good copy. Daniel Webb (c.17191798) published several works on aesthetics; this was preceded by his first work, An Inquiry into the Beauties of Painting (1760), and he made judicious use of the term "beauties," a criterion popular from about 1780 to 1830 when it seems to have fallen out of use.
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- Bookseller
- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
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- 6973
- Title
- Remarks on the Beauties of Poetry.
- Author
- WEBB (Daniel):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- London, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1762
- Keywords
- aesthetics poetry prose
- Bookseller catalogs
- aesthetics;
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