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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
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Donaldson, J. (John), 1737–1801
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Ussher, James, 1720–1772
2
Alison, Archibald, 1757–1839
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André, Yves Marie, 1675–1764
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Batteux, Charles, 1713–1780
1
Beattie, James, 1735–1803
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Buoni, Tommaso
1
Cartaud de La Villate, François, 1700?-1737
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Crousaz, Jean-Pierre de, 1663–1750
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Hutcheson, Francis, 1694–1746
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Lancaster, Nathaniel, 1701–1775
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Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729–1781
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Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
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Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
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Stedman, John, d. 1791
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1997
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
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Under Certain Circumstances
26
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Unavailable
26
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Books
26
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unknown
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18th century
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20th century
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19th century
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17th century
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21st century
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engraving
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wood engraving
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Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800.
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Ethics.
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Greenberg, Richard -- Ownership.
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Sublime, The.
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Apollo Press -- Printer.
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Art -- Theories -- Early works to 1800.
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Beauty -- Early works to 1800.
1
Bell & Bradfute -- Publisher.
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Bliss, Philip, 1787–1857 -- Provenance.
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Churchill, W. -- Publisher.
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Constable (Archd.) and Co. -- Publisher.
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Davies, T. -- Publisher.
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Dodsley, J. -- Publisher.
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Emotions -- Early works to 1850.
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Greenberg, Richard -- Presentation inscription from R. Paulson.
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Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (BAC,REF)
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Literature, Comparative -- Classical and modern.
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Literature, Comparative -- Modern and classical.
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Martin and McDowall -- Printer.
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Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Exhibition History
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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English
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French
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
MDCCXCIII [1793]
3
The polite arts, or, A dissertation on poetry, painting, musick, architecture, and eloquence
MDCCXLIX [1749]
4
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745
Two discourses
Printed for W. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row,
5
Ussher, James, 1720–1772
Clio, or, A discourse on taste
1767
6
Donaldson, J. (John), 1737–1801
The elements of beauty.
1780
7
Batteux, Charles, 1713–1780
Les beaux arts reduits à un même principe ..
1746
8
Lancaster, Nathaniel, 1701–1775
The plan of an essay upon delicacy
1748
9
Hutcheson, Francis, 1694–1746
An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue;
1726
10
André, Yves Marie, 1675–1764
Essai sur le beau,
1767
11
Crousaz, Jean-Pierre de, 1663–1750
Traité du beau,
1724
12
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1757
13
Stedman, John, d. 1791
Lælius and Hortensia;
1782
14
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
A dialogue on taste ..
Printed in the year 1762
15
Beattie, James, 1735–1803
Dissertations moral and critical
1783
16
Ussher, James, 1720–1772
Clio: or, A discourse on taste ..
1769
17
Alison, Archibald, 1757–1839
Essays on the nature and principles of taste
1811
18
Buoni, Tommaso
Problems of beautie and all humane affections
1606
19
Donaldson, J. (John), 1737–1801
Principles of taste, or, The elements of beauty
1786
20
Cartaud de La Villate, François, 1700?-1737
Essai historique et philosophique sur le goût
1751
21
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1955
22
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1969, 1974 printing
23
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
c1997
24
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1958
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
1968, c1958
26
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729–1781
Laocoon
2005]