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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
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Donaldson, J. (John), 1737–1801
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Ussher, James, 1720–1772
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André, Yves Marie, 1675–1764
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Batteux, Charles, 1713–1780
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Beattie, James, 1735–1803
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Cartaud de La Villate, François, 1700?-1737
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Crousaz, Jean-Pierre de, 1663–1750
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
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Hutcheson, Francis, 1694–1746
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Lancaster, Nathaniel, 1701–1775
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Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
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Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
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Stedman, John, d. 1791
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Books
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18th century
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engraving
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wood engraving
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Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800.
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Ethics.
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Apollo Press -- Printer.
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Art -- Theories -- Early works to 1800.
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Beauty -- Early works to 1800.
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Churchill, W. -- Publisher.
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Davies, T. -- Publisher.
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Dodsley, J. -- Publisher.
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Greenberg, Richard -- Ownership.
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Literature, Comparative -- Classical and modern.
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Literature, Comparative -- Modern and classical.
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Martin and McDowall -- Printer.
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Nash, Sarah -- Autograph.
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Painting -- Early works to 1800.
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Psychology -- Early works to 1850.
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Reeves, J. -- Printer.
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Sublime, The -- Early works to 1800.
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Sublime, The.
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Taubman, John -- Bookplate.
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Associated Places
Edinburgh (Scotland)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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English
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French
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
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The polite arts, or, A dissertation on poetry, painting, musick, architecture, and eloquence
MDCCXLIX [1749]
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
MDCCXCIII [1793]
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Ussher, James, 1720–1772
Clio: or, A discourse on taste ..
1769
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Beattie, James, 1735–1803
Dissertations moral and critical
1783
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Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
A dialogue on taste ..
Printed in the year 1762
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Donaldson, J. (John), 1737–1801
The elements of beauty.
1780
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Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Two discourses
Printed for W. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row,
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Hutcheson, Francis, 1694–1746
An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue;
1726
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1757
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Stedman, John, d. 1791
Lælius and Hortensia;
1782
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Lancaster, Nathaniel, 1701–1775
The plan of an essay upon delicacy
1748
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Ussher, James, 1720–1772
Clio, or, A discourse on taste
1767
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André, Yves Marie, 1675–1764
Essai sur le beau,
1767
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Crousaz, Jean-Pierre de, 1663–1750
Traité du beau,
1724
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Donaldson, J. (John), 1737–1801
Principles of taste, or, The elements of beauty
1786
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Cartaud de La Villate, François, 1700?-1737
Essai historique et philosophique sur le goût
1751
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Batteux, Charles, 1713–1780
Les beaux arts reduits à un même principe ..
1746