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McDermot, Martin - A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste

Title: A Critical Dissertation on the Nature and Principles of Taste
Description: London, Sherwood, Jones & Co, 1823. Leather Bound. pp. xiii, 408. 8vo. Title page excised. Edgewear, some intermittent soiling, cracked at gutter of pg. 404: fair. Printed by W. Catline. Scarce! Most recent auction record discovered is from 1918. With a binder's ticket from P. G. Laurie, Bookbinder, Winnipeg; and the pencil notation "Mayor Logan, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada". A discourse on esthetic appreciation, including a history of standards of beauty, how emotion and habit relate to taste, the role of criticism, etc. .

Keywords: Winnipeg; Aesthetics; Appreciation; Psychology; Dissertation

Price: CAD 252.84 = appr. US$ 174.79 Seller: Bison Books
- Book number: 052213

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