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Creator:
Mackenzie, George Steuart, Sir, 1780–1848
Title(s):
An essay on some subjects connected with taste / by Sir George Steuart Mackenzie ...
Published/Created:
Edinburgh : Printed at the Caledonian Mercury Press for Oliphant, Waugh, and Innes, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1817.
Physical Description:
[8], 301 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N62 M32
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by Edward Mitchell.
Advertisement for Edinburgh Magazine (4 p.) bound in at end.
In original boards.
Subject Terms:
Aesthetics.
Caledonian Mercury Press -- Printer.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown -- Publisher.
Oliphant, Waugh and Innes -- Bookplate, 1807.
Oliphant, Waugh and Innes -- Publisher.
Sublime, The.
Contributors:
Mitchell, Edward, engraver.
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  • Introductory remarks
  • Of the meaning of the words beautiful and sublime
  • Observations on the theory of association
  • Of the differences of taste.

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