BEATTIE, JAMES, FORBES, M.

Beattie and his friends.

Altrincham, Stafford, 1990 . (2nd). (VIII) 332 pp. Cloth + dustjacket. name on endpaper, top textblock foxed, otherwise in good condition

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Book number: 634483

Catalogue: Filosofie - Moderne filosofie (tot 1900)

Keywords: filosofie; modern; 47

Beattie, James; Goldsmith, Oliver

Beattie and Goldsmith's Poetical Works.Illustrated.

Edinburgh, Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1111. First edition thus. Hardcover. 12mo. 458pp. Green cloth boards. Black and gilt titles and decoration to front and spine.Aeg. Light soiling to endpapers. Cracking hinges. Some spotting. Good.

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Book number: 9381

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: FICTION

Beattie, James. (editor, Alfred Howard)

Beauties of Beattie

London, Thomas & Tegg Cheapside. 1834. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 210pp .Engraved portrait. Paper covered boards. Covers worn, sewing weak 1 signature loose. Fair.

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Book number: 2381

Catalogue: Literature, Poetry

Keywords: PROSE. POETRY.literature

Beattie, James

Elements of moral science (1790 - 1793)

Georg Olms Verlag, 1974. Verlag: Georg Olms Verlag Verlag: Georg Olms Verlag - Reprographischer Nachdruck der Ausgabe Edinburgh 1793/The Phslosophical and critical works of James Beattie, Volume IV - Einband: Leineneinband. 738

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Book number: 1d13096

Keywords: Englische und amerikanische Literatur

BEATTIE, James.

Essai sur la poésie et sur la musique, considérées dans les affections de l'âme.

Paris, F. Benoist, an VI (1797). xxiv, 342, [4] pp. RELIÉ avec: LIROU, Jean-François, Espic de. Explication du système de l'harmonie, pour abréger l'étude de la composition & accorder la pratique avec la théorie, par le chevalier de Lirou. Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Merigot etc., 1785. [iv], 239 pp. Av.7 planches. Dans un volume in-8. Plein veau marbré (dos frotté, les plats épidermés, mors un peu endommagés, coin usé; feuilles de garde marbrées)
¶ ad 1: Le philosophe écossais James Beattie (1735-1803) ses 'Essays on poetry and music' en 1776.
¶ ad 2: Lirou (1741-1806), mousquetaire du roi, connu pour sa 'Marche des Mousquetaires', et auteur de livrets pour l'Opéra. Son 'Explicaton' "est moins un système qu'un problème, dont il s'efforce, sans y parvenir de donner la solution. Choron, qui avait reçu de Lirou des leçons d'harmonie, prétend que nul homme ne dissertait sur la musique avec plus de clarté, d'élégance et de précision." (Didot, NBG.31/345)

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Book number: 129256

Catalogue: Music

James Beattie

An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism

London, W. Baynes and Son, 1824 . Leather. A well-presented copy of James Beattie's famous philosophical work, in a full calf binding. Bound in full calf. A later edition of James Beattie's work, published by the proprietors of the English Classics. The work was first published in 1770. This essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth was intended as an answer to David Hume and had great immediate success, leading to an introduction to the King, a pension of £200, and the degree of LL.D. from Oxford. James Beattie was a Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher, known for his fierce opposition to slavery. With a sketch of the author's life, an introduction and a preface to the work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and an engraved title page. Collated, complete. Bound in full calf. Externally, generally smart, with light rubbing to the extremities and joints. Small crack to the front joint and head of the rear joint. Front hinge is a little strained, but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd mark. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 900Q13

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: James Beattie David Hume An essay on the nature and immutability of truth philosophy David Hume None

James Beattie

Essays on Poetry and Music, As They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition; on the Usefulness of Classical Learning

London, E. and C. Dilly , 1779. Cloth. A smartly bound third edition of this collection of essays on poetry and music from English poet James Beattie. Third edition. A collection of essays considering questions of music philosophy, with reference to composition and arrangements, the matter or subject of a piece, the language of poetry, limitations of the form, and more. Including studies on laughter and the usefulness of classical learning. This piece was republished several times and translated into French in 1798. Corrections are printed to the rear. Written by James Beattie, a Scottish poet, moralist, and philosopher. Bound in full modern cloth. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the extremities. Library ink stamp and contemporary ink inscriptions to the title page, the reverse of the title page, and the front free endpaper. With library bookplates to the pastedowns. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 960T9

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Essays Poetry Music Laughter Poetry None

James Beattie; Ralph S. Walker

James Beattie&Apos;S London Diary 1773

Aberdeen, University Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. James Beattie's vivid account of life in London in 1773, an entertaining volume of diaries with illustrations. The first edition thus of this work, being the first edition edited by Ralph S. Walker.James Beattie's diaries for the year 1773, documenting his time spent in London. Beattie vividly describes live in Georgian England, a decade into the reign of King George III.Beattie was a Scottish poet, known for his moralist works.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixteen plates.Collated, complete.Edited with notes by Ralph S. Walker.Number 122 of the Aberdeen University Studies.Prior owner's ink inscription and bookseller's label to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart. A little discolouration and some light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription and bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the occasional light spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 772P6

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: James Beattie's London Diary 1773 james beattie london diary james beattie topography history Various

BEATTIE, JAMES

Lan Yuan. The Garden of Enlightenment. Essays on the intellectual, cultural and architectural background to the Dunedin Chinese Garden

Dunedin, Chinese Garden Trust 2008. 91 p. Paperback (Fine copy.) 9780473134655

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Book number: 04090

Keywords: 9780473134655

Beattie, James

The Minstrel... With Thirty-Three Designs by Birket Foster Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel

London, George Routledge & Co. 1858. Hardcover. 89, [2] p. Very good condition .

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Book number: 39895

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Poetry

BEATTIE (James)

The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: and other Poems.

Printed for John Shape. 1819. Small 8vo, half-title, additional engraved title, 176pp., 5 engravings, cont. blind-stamped calf, hinges slightly cracked, head and foot on spine chipped, red leather labels, spine gilt.

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Book number: 22910

Keywords: ENGLISH LITERATURE ANTIQUARIAN

Beattie,James (Birket Foster illustrator)

MINSTREL, The

London, Routledge&Co 1st thus illus. 1858 Illustrated by Birket Foster engraved by the Brothers Dalziel . Octavo tan gilt and decorated cloth on bevelled boards (tips worn/spine worn/head & foot and gilt dulled or darkened) All Edges Gilt vi+ (92pp) pale foxing to beginning and end

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Book number: V51723

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: poetry illustrated

BEATTIE, James.

The Minstrel; or, the progress of genius: in two parts. With some other poems.

Alnwick: printed by Catnach and Davison, 1807. Super royal 8vo in fours. 140[2]pp, 6 plates, 10 text illustrations. Recent quarter calf gilt, marbled paper sides. Lacks ht; neatly repaired closed tear to H1 - not affecting text.

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Book number: 26246

Keywords: Alnwick printing Northumberland

Beattie, James.

The Minstrel; or, the progress of genius: in two parts with some other poems. [Bound With] The Hermit of Warkworth. A Northumberland Ballad, in three fits by Dr Thos Percy.

Alnwick: printed by Catnach & Davison, 1808 & 1806 2nd edn. 140[2] pp, woodcuts by Mr Clennel. 102 pp, 3 plates & 9 vignettes by Mr Bewick. Contemporary full diced calf gilt rebacked with modern red/brown calf, black calf gilt spine label, speckled leaf edges, marbled endpapers. 17 cm x 10 cm. Wear with loss to corners, minor markings to leather, contents lightly age browned with some random foxing.

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Book number: 33182

James Beattie

The Minstrel; or, the Progress of Genius: And Other Poems

London, N. Hailes; J. Bumpus; and Baynes and Son, 1823. Leather. 168p. A small hardcover book bound in full olive-green leather with gilt decorations on the boards and spine. Edges scuffed and gilt detailing lightly stained green, possibly having bled in from the leather. Early owner's small signature in ink on the half-title page. Fingerprint-sized stains on pages 164-168, not touching the text but puckering the paper. Lots of light fingerprint smudges in the margins and on endpapers, plus occasional mild foxing. Otherwise, the text is unmarked and the binding secure for normal handling. Poetry by Scottish philosopher and abolitionist James Beattie (1735-1803). Measures approx. 5.8" x 3.75.

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Book number: 176992

Catalogue: Literature & Fiction