1825 Alison ESSAYS ON THE NATURE & PRINCIPLES OF TASTE 2 Vols AESTHETICS Beauty

Description: 1825 Alison ESSAYS ON THE NATURE & PRINCIPLES OF TASTE 2 Vols AESTHETICS Beauty Click image to enlarge Description Full Title: Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste. Author(s): Archibald Alison (1757-1839). Publisher & Date: Edinburgh: Printed by the Heirs of D. Willison, for Archibald Constable and Company; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 1825 (6th Edition). Pages: xxix, [1], 376; vi, 447, [1] pp. Dimensions (Approx): 22 x 14 cm. Description: "Taste is that Faculty of the human Mind, by which we perceive and enjoy, whatever is Beautiful or Sublime in the works of Nature or Art. The perception of these Qualities is attended with an Emotion of Pleasure, very distinguishable from every other pleasure of our Nature, and which is accordingly distinguished by the name of the Emotion of Taste. The distinction of the objects of Taste into the Sublime and the Beautiful, has produced a similar division of the Emotion, into the Emotion of Sublimity, and the Emotion of Beauty." (From the Introduction to the first edition) Essay I: Of the Nature of the Emotions of Sublimity and Beauty. Essay 2: Of the Sublimity and Beauty of the Material World. A handsome two-volume set of the sixth edition of this uncommon philosophical work by the Rev. Archibald Alison. Rebound in full leather with gilt borders and corner-pieces to boards. Spines with five raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt lettering on green and black morocco labels. Bindings remains sound and firm with minimal signs of wear, a little bumping to lower inner corner of Vol. II lower board. Internally equally sound and firm. Marbled endpapers, inner hinges strengthened. Both volumes lacking half-titles. Pages with some age-toning, a little more so to a few leaves. Some foxing in places, mainly first/last few leaves, and occasional minor blemishes, otherwise generally tidy throughout. Please view images carefully to confirm condition. Payment Options: Paypal, UK Cheques/Postal Orders, Bank Transfer. Combined Shipping: Wherever possible multiple purchases will be combined into one parcel in order to reduce shipping costs. However, please be aware that books will be dispatched separately from prints, maps, documents, postcards, &c (see notes on Packaging below). Please wait for an invoice to be sent before making payment. Packaging: i) Books: Items will be bubble-wrapped and dispatched either in bubble-lined envelopes (smaller items) or in a sturdy cardboard outer. ii) Prints, Maps, Documents, Postcards, &c: Depending on size & quantity, items will be dispatched either in card-backed envelopes or postal tubes (capped & secured at ends). FEEDBACK: This is always appreciated and will always be left in return after it has been received from buyers. In the event of any problems with your purchase, please contact us immediately, and before leaving feedback, so that we have the opportunity to put things right. Customer satisfaction is important to us, we will respond promptly, and will do our best to resolve any problems. Images sell! Get Supersized Images & Free Image HostingCreate your brand with Auctiva's Customizable Templates. Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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