Author: Symonds, John Addington.
Title: THE PRINCIPLES OF BEAUTY.
Description: London: Bell and Daldy, 1857. 1st Ed. Tall Slim 8vo. xvi + 72pp. 8 plates at rear, dec. initial letters. Some very light marginal age toning, plates spotted, hinges neatly repaired, original blind ruled blue cloth with gilt title to upper board, soiled and rubbed, corners bumped with sl. wear, spine rebacked with remains of rubbed and discoloured spine laid down. ¶ ‘The sole edition of a monograph on aesthetics and the beauty of form, that builds on the theories of decorative painter and writer on art and design David Ramsay Hay (1798-1866), by physician John Addington Symonds (1807-1871), father of writer and advocate of sexual reform John Addington Symonds (1840-1893).’

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