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[BURKE, EDMUND], A Philosphical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful.
London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. First edition, with half-title. 8vo. [16], 184 pp. Contemporary tan calf, leather spine label. Joints a bit tender, but the binding is sound and the interior is immaculate, beautifully clean and crisp, and complete with half-title. Todd 5a. ¶ Burke's very scarce fifth publication (if one includes the disputed AN ACCOUNT OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS), and, according to Todd (citing internal evidence) "This would appear to be a rather small edition, possibly like the VINDICATION limited to 500 copies..."
Offered for US$ 4000.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 37519