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	BLAIR (HUGH): Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. London: Printed for W. Strahan..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. viii, 496; [iv], 550 [551 - 567 Index, 568 blank], engraved portrait of Blair as frontispiece in volume 1,contemporary quarter calf, red morocco labels; marbled boards (worn and faded); occasional annotation in pencil, 19th century bookseller's ticket of John Britnell of Toronto in lower corner of front paste-down end-paper. The first review of Blair's admired and frequently-reprinted book came in the Monthly Review, in which the reviewer affirmed that Blair had exemplified a "happy and singular union of taste and philosophy [and had] supplied a great defect in the science of criticism...." It also made a "valuable addition to the polite literature" of the late 18th century. GBP 935.00 [Appr.: EURO 1025.75 US$ 1546.49 \| JP¥ 133038] Book number: 5937 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	BLAIR (HUGH): Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. London: Printed for W. Strahan..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. viii, 496; [iv], 550 [551 - 567 Index, 568 blank], recent half calf, gilt spines, black leather labels, marbled boards; lacks portrait, some stains on leather, bookplate removed from front paste-down end-paper of volume 1. The first review of Blair's admired and frequently-reprinted book came in the Monthly Review, in which the reviewer affirmed that Blair had exemplified a "happy and singular union of taste and philosophy [and had] supplied a great defect in the science of criticism...." It also made a "valuable addition to the polite literature" of the late 18th century. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 543.25 US$ 818.73 \| JP¥ 70432] Book number: 6338 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	BLAIR (HUGH): Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. London: Printed for W. Strahan..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. Large 4to (285 x 225 mms.), pp. viii, 496; [iv], 550 [551 - 567 Index, 568 blank], contemporary half calf (probably continental), marbled boards and end-papers; lacks portrait, text browned in places, spines dried and worn, and top 50 mms. of spine of volume 2 missing, front hinge volume 1 cracked and tender. The first review of Blair's admired and frequently-reprinted book came in the Monthly Review, in which the reviewer affirmed that Blair had exemplified a "happy and singular union of taste and philosophy [and had] supplied a great defect in the science of criticism...." It also made a "valuable addition to the polite literature" of the late 18th century. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 181.25 US$ 272.91 \| JP¥ 23477] Book number: 4235 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	COLONIA (DOMINIQUE DE) AND JUVENCIO (JOSEPHO): De Arte Rethorica [sic] Libri Quique Lectissimus veterum Auctorum Ætatis Aureæ, Perpetuisque Exemple illustrati; Societatis Jesu Presbytero. Accedunt etiam Institutiones Poeticæ. Auctore P. Josepho Juvencio Ex eadem Societate. Edition retractatior. Patavii [Padua], Typies Seminarii, Apud Joannem Mentrè, Superiorum Permissu, 1768. 12mo, pp. 420, disbound but with old end-papers preserved. Dominique de Colonia (1660 - 1741) first published hsi work in 1722. The edition of the work by Jouvency (1643 - 1719) that I have found was published in 1699. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 181.25 US$ 272.91 \| JP¥ 23477] Book number: 4588 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	ENFIELD (WILLIAM): The Preacher's Directory; Or, a Series of Subjects proper for Public Discourses, with Texts under Each Head: To which is added, a Supplement, containing Select Passages from the Apocrypha. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Joseph Johnson..., 1782. 4to, pp. xvi, [3] - 169 [ 170 blank], ms. notes in pencil on front free end-papers, contemporary notes in ink on small leaf loosely inserted, original boards, falling to bits, with spine defective and gatherings as well as individual leaves loose, covers detached with paper missing from boards, edges a little fragile. William Enfield (1741-1797), the Unitarian minister, is doubtless best-known for The Speaker (1774), an anthology of extracts from classical and English literature designed for the improvement of rhetorical delivery in public speaking. The above work is a sort of do-it-yourself guide to making a sermon, with possible subjects digested into categories with recommended texts from the Bible annexed. The work was first published anonymously in 1771 and somewhat revised for this second edition. GBP 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 241.5 US$ 363.88 \| JP¥ 31303] Book number: 5468 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	GIBBONS (THOMAS): Rhetoric; Or, A View of its Principal Tropes and Figures, In their Original and Powers: With a Variety of Rules to escape Errors and Blemishes, and attain Propriety and Elegance in Composition. London: Printed by J. and W. Oliver...and Sold by James Buckland and John Payne..., 1757. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 478, engraved frontispiece by Grignion after Thornhill of Paul preaching at Athens, contemporary calf, morocco label; lacks final adverts leaf, joints cracked (but holding), top and base of spine chipped, corners worn. Gibbons (1720 - 1785) wrote the most substantial work on rhetoric, in so far as it is concerned with style and expression, published in the 18th century. Other rhetoricians, such as John Ward and John Holmes (specifically his The Art of Rhetoric Made Easy [1755]) were concerned with rhetoric as a counterpart of logic. The first part of his treatise discusses and analyses metaphor, allegory, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, hyperbole and catachresis, while the second part is with formal inductions and responses in the development of an argument, a drama, or a narrative. GBP 550.00 [Appr.: EURO 603.5 US$ 909.7 \| JP¥ 78258] Book number: 6530 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	MAURY (JEAN SIFFREIN): The Principles of Eloquence; adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar.... Translated from the French; with additional Notes, By John Neal Lake. London: Printed for T. Cadell...and C. Dilly..., 1793. FIRST EDITION of this translation. 8vo, pp. xvi, 242 [243 Errata, 244 blank], uncut, 19th century boards, binder's cloth spine. The Abbe Maury (1746 - 1817) published his Essai sur l'Eloquence de la Chaire in 1777; it was often reprinted as Principes de l'Eloquence and remains one of the classic texts on eloquence. Lake provides a number of references to British authors and texts in his footnotes. He also quotes from a notice in the Monthly Review describing the work as "excellent." GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 120.75 US$ 181.94 \| JP¥ 15652] Book number: 1517 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.

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	BLAIR (HUGH): Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. London: Printed for W. Strahan..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. viii, 496; [iv], 550 [551 - 567 Index, 568 blank], engraved portrait of Blair as frontispiece in volume 1,contemporary quarter calf, red morocco labels; marbled boards (worn and faded); occasional annotation in pencil, 19th century bookseller's ticket of John Britnell of Toronto in lower corner of front paste-down end-paper. The first review of Blair's admired and frequently-reprinted book came in the Monthly Review, in which the reviewer affirmed that Blair had exemplified a "happy and singular union of taste and philosophy [and had] supplied a great defect in the science of criticism...." It also made a "valuable addition to the polite literature" of the late 18th century. GBP 935.00 [Appr.: EURO 1025.75 US$ 1546.49 \| JP¥ 133038] Book number: 5937 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	BLAIR (HUGH): Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. London: Printed for W. Strahan..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. viii, 496; [iv], 550 [551 - 567 Index, 568 blank], recent half calf, gilt spines, black leather labels, marbled boards; lacks portrait, some stains on leather, bookplate removed from front paste-down end-paper of volume 1. The first review of Blair's admired and frequently-reprinted book came in the Monthly Review, in which the reviewer affirmed that Blair had exemplified a "happy and singular union of taste and philosophy [and had] supplied a great defect in the science of criticism...." It also made a "valuable addition to the polite literature" of the late 18th century. GBP 495.00 [Appr.: EURO 543.25 US$ 818.73 \| JP¥ 70432] Book number: 6338 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	BLAIR (HUGH): Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. London: Printed for W. Strahan..., 1783. FIRST EDITION. Large 4to (285 x 225 mms.), pp. viii, 496; [iv], 550 [551 - 567 Index, 568 blank], contemporary half calf (probably continental), marbled boards and end-papers; lacks portrait, text browned in places, spines dried and worn, and top 50 mms. of spine of volume 2 missing, front hinge volume 1 cracked and tender. The first review of Blair's admired and frequently-reprinted book came in the Monthly Review, in which the reviewer affirmed that Blair had exemplified a "happy and singular union of taste and philosophy [and had] supplied a great defect in the science of criticism...." It also made a "valuable addition to the polite literature" of the late 18th century. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 181.25 US$ 272.91 \| JP¥ 23477] Book number: 4235 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	COLONIA (DOMINIQUE DE) AND JUVENCIO (JOSEPHO): De Arte Rethorica [sic] Libri Quique Lectissimus veterum Auctorum Ætatis Aureæ, Perpetuisque Exemple illustrati; Societatis Jesu Presbytero. Accedunt etiam Institutiones Poeticæ. Auctore P. Josepho Juvencio Ex eadem Societate. Edition retractatior. Patavii [Padua], Typies Seminarii, Apud Joannem Mentrè, Superiorum Permissu, 1768. 12mo, pp. 420, disbound but with old end-papers preserved. Dominique de Colonia (1660 - 1741) first published hsi work in 1722. The edition of the work by Jouvency (1643 - 1719) that I have found was published in 1699. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 181.25 US$ 272.91 \| JP¥ 23477] Book number: 4588 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	ENFIELD (WILLIAM): The Preacher's Directory; Or, a Series of Subjects proper for Public Discourses, with Texts under Each Head: To which is added, a Supplement, containing Select Passages from the Apocrypha. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Joseph Johnson..., 1782. 4to, pp. xvi, [3] - 169 [ 170 blank], ms. notes in pencil on front free end-papers, contemporary notes in ink on small leaf loosely inserted, original boards, falling to bits, with spine defective and gatherings as well as individual leaves loose, covers detached with paper missing from boards, edges a little fragile. William Enfield (1741-1797), the Unitarian minister, is doubtless best-known for The Speaker (1774), an anthology of extracts from classical and English literature designed for the improvement of rhetorical delivery in public speaking. The above work is a sort of do-it-yourself guide to making a sermon, with possible subjects digested into categories with recommended texts from the Bible annexed. The work was first published anonymously in 1771 and somewhat revised for this second edition. GBP 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 241.5 US$ 363.88 \| JP¥ 31303] Book number: 5468 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	GIBBONS (THOMAS): Rhetoric; Or, A View of its Principal Tropes and Figures, In their Original and Powers: With a Variety of Rules to escape Errors and Blemishes, and attain Propriety and Elegance in Composition. London: Printed by J. and W. Oliver...and Sold by James Buckland and John Payne..., 1757. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [xvi], 478, engraved frontispiece by Grignion after Thornhill of Paul preaching at Athens, contemporary calf, morocco label; lacks final adverts leaf, joints cracked (but holding), top and base of spine chipped, corners worn. Gibbons (1720 - 1785) wrote the most substantial work on rhetoric, in so far as it is concerned with style and expression, published in the 18th century. Other rhetoricians, such as John Ward and John Holmes (specifically his The Art of Rhetoric Made Easy [1755]) were concerned with rhetoric as a counterpart of logic. The first part of his treatise discusses and analyses metaphor, allegory, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, hyperbole and catachresis, while the second part is with formal inductions and responses in the development of an argument, a drama, or a narrative. GBP 550.00 [Appr.: EURO 603.5 US$ 909.7 \| JP¥ 78258] Book number: 6530 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	MAURY (JEAN SIFFREIN): The Principles of Eloquence; adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar.... Translated from the French; with additional Notes, By John Neal Lake. London: Printed for T. Cadell...and C. Dilly..., 1793. FIRST EDITION of this translation. 8vo, pp. xvi, 242 [243 Errata, 244 blank], uncut, 19th century boards, binder's cloth spine. The Abbe Maury (1746 - 1817) published his Essai sur l'Eloquence de la Chaire in 1777; it was often reprinted as Principes de l'Eloquence and remains one of the classic texts on eloquence. Lake provides a number of references to British authors and texts in his footnotes. He also quotes from a notice in the Monthly Review describing the work as "excellent." GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 120.75 US$ 181.94 \| JP¥ 15652] Book number: 1517 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.