Aesthetics from John Price Antiquarian Books

Lonson: Printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar. MDCCXXI � 1721. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes bound in 1. 8vo, 195 x 113 mms., pp. [xvi], 486, and with separate title-page to the volume 2, though paginated continuously, contemporary calf, gilt border on covers, spine gilt in compartments (but faded), red leather label; upper front joint slightly… Read more about this item

London, Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers..., 1763. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 263 x 188 mms., pp. 248 [249 - 250 adverts], title-page in red and black, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked with old red label preserved. Brown's argument is an elegant example of cultural primitivism: the simplicity and power to move of music… Read more about this item

A Paris Chez Laurent Prault....; & Bailly..., 1769. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 213 x 136 mms., pp. viii, 330 [331 - 332 Approbation, 333 - 335 adverts, 336 blank], engraved frontispiece (by Bouche), engraved title-page, 5 full-page engraved plates (by Moreau), contemporary mottled calf, gilt borders on covers, neatly rebacked with old gilt spine in compartments and red morocco… Read more about this item

London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell...; and W. Creech..., 1774. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (222 x 140 mms.), pp. vii [viii adverts], 434 [435 Errata, 436 blank], contemporary calf, red morocco label; newly rebound in period-style quarter calf, gilt spine, red morocco label, marbled boards; fore-margin of title-page very slightly frayed, some water-staining in margins of… Read more about this item

Oxonii, E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1722. 8vo, 217 x 131 mms., pp. [xxviii], 145 [146 blank], IX [X blank], including 16 pages of subscribers, engraved portrat frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black, engraved head- and tail-pieces, engraved initial letters, later 18th century calf, double gilt rule borders on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments, red leather label;… Read more about this item

London, Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers..., 1763. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 264 x 208 mms., pp. 248 [249 - 250 adverts], title-page in red and black, contemporary half calf, marbled boards (worn). Brown's argument is an elegant example of cultural primitivism: the simplicity and power to move of music has… Read more about this item

Lucca Per il Busdrago, 1755. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 199 x 125 mms., pp. [x], 213 [214 - 219 index, 220 blank], including half-title, early 19th century half vellum, marbled boards, gilt spine, red morocco label; text lightly foxed throughout, ex-library, with a library stamp on title-page, but a very good copy. OCLC asserts in… Read more about this item

London: Printed by H. Woodfall. Sold by J. Brotherton.., 1738. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo, 168 x 103 mms., pp. [iv[ v - xii [xiii - xiv errata], 167 [168 blank], including half-title, attractively bound in later 18th century sprinkled calf, gilt border on covers, spine ornately gilt in compartments (but a bit rubbed), red leather label.… Read more about this item

Worcester: Wood and Son...and Whittaker and Co. London. 1843. Tall 8vo, 250 x 150 mms., pp. v [vi blank] [7] 8 - 34, engraved frontispiece, 6 other full-page engraved plates, original embossed cloth, title in gilt on front cover; slight stain on front cover, but a very good copy. "In this second edition corrections, wherever thought… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons...for T. Payne..., 1808. 8vo, 215 x 137 mms., pp. xx, 476, contemporary half roan, ribbed linen boards; spine and joints rubbed, top and base of spine chipped. Not an attractive copy, but in sound condition. The first edition of Knight's book was published in 1805, partly… Read more about this item

London, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1762. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 178 x 10r mms., pp. [iv], 123 [124 blank] including half-title, contemporary calf, rebacked with new red morocco label; some foxing of early leaves corners worn, but a good copy, with a presentation inscription on the recto of the leaf before the half-title: "M… Read more about this item

London: Printed for B. Dod..., 1752. 8vo, pp. [xiv], 180 [ 181 - 182 adverts], engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, contemporary calf, gilt spine; lacks label, front joint cracked, but firm. The first translation into English, by John Hall, of Longinus was published in 1652, but it was Boileau's French translation in… Read more about this item

London: Printed for G. Nicol..., G. G. and J. Robinson...and J. Debrett..., 1795. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 211 x 126 mms., pp. xv [xvi blank], 275 [276 blank], with two blank leaves before title-page but no half-title, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, black leather labels; joints a little worn, but a very good copy with the poetic… Read more about this item

[No place ? Oxford] [No publisher] [1789.]. FIRST EDITION. 4to, 265 x 194 mms. pp. [ii], 26, cased in modern boards; some soiling of text, fore-margin of title-page frayed and shorter than other leaves. Signed and dated at the end of the text: George Richards, A. B. Trinity College, Oxford, June 26, 1789. With two… Read more about this item

Dublin: Printed for Ignatius Kelly..., 1745. FIRST AND ONLY IRISH EDIT9ION. 12mo (in 6s), 162 x 90 mms., pp. [ii], 202 [203 -214 Index], recent boards, paper label on spine; occasional staining of text; with small binder's ticket on lower margin of front paste-down end-paper: "Bound by Antiquarian Bookcrafts Mary Craft Courtyard, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16."… Read more about this item

London: John Murray..., 1827. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 165 x 95 mms., pp. [iii] - viii, 334, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, black morocco label; front joint slightly cracked, top and base of spine slightly chipped, but a good copy with a small circular armorial bookplate on front paste-down end-paper. The poet… Read more 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.1719–1798) published several works… Read more about this item

Dublin: Printed for Messrs. F. Byrne, J. Moore, Grueber and M'Allister, W. Jones, and B. White, 1790. FIRST IRISH EDITION. 8vo, pp. xiii [xiv blank, xv drop-title, xvi blank], 384, contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, red leather label; small piece torn from corner of title-page, wormed from outer margin of front paste-down end-paper to B2 (10 leaves),… Read more about this item

London: Printed for John War..., 1759. SOLE EDITION. 2 volumes. 8vo, 207 x 121 mms., pp. [ii], xvi, 424; [viii], 439 [440 blank], both contents leaves in volume 2 as well as "Advertisement" leaf, recently rebound in quarter calf, raised bands between gilt rules on spine, old red morocco labels preserved, marbled boards; title-pages browned… Read more about this item

London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby..., 1737. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [vi], vi [vii-x Contents], 365 [366-368 adverts], contemporary speckled calf; upper and lower joints cracked, one corner badly worn, lacks label, ex-library, with library stamp of Beddington Free Grace Library on several pages. With the armorial bookplate of the mathematician Sir… Read more about this item