Lot 470
Blair, Hugh
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 10 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres. The ninth edition. London: Cadell & Davies, 1803. 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary sprinkled calf, red and green morocco lettering and numbering pieces; [Idem] Sermons: to which is affixed a short account of the life and character of the author by James Finlayson. Edinburgh: for Peter Hill, et al., 1815. 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, spines decorated gilt in compartments, a little rubbing of the spines; Campbell, George The philosophy of rhetoric. New edition, with the author's last additions and corrections. Edinburgh: George Ramsay for William Creech, et al., 1808. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, red morocco lettering pieces, a little rubbed, armorial bookplate of E. Lothian; Creech, William Edinburgh fugitive pieces, containing a comparative view of the modes of living, arts commerce, literature, manners, &c. of Edinburgh, at different periods. Edinburgh: George Ramsay for John Fairbairn, et al., 1815. 8vo, full calf, blind tooled boards, spine decorated gilt; Forbes, Sir William An account of the life and writings of James Beattie. A new edition. London: Roper, 1824. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 19th century half calf, marbled boards; Brown, Thomas Lectures on the philosophy of the mind. Edinburgh, 1846. Sixteenth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, lithographed portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 4 volumes, contemporary light tan calf, spines decorated gilt in compartments, brown morocco lettering pieces; Welsh, David Account of the life and writings of Thomas Brown. Edinburgh: Tait, 1825. 8vo, contemporary light tan calf, spine decorated gilt (18)