An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D. Late Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. Including many of his original letters.

[ Beattie, James ]. Forbes, William.

Published by Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and William Creech.[et al.], 1806.

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Two volumes, quarto. . [12, including imprimatur leaf, title-page, dedication, directions to the binder and erratas for each volume], 409, [1, blank]; [4, imprimatur leaf and title-page], 431, [1, blank], pp. Engraved frontispiece in Volume I, seven facsimile plates, and one plate of music. Without half-titles. Contemporary calf over marbled boards, rebacked to style. Gilt-decorated flat spines. Contemporary booksellersÕ labels of T. Wickham, Maidstone. Some light staining to boards, light foxing to first and last few leaves, some offsetting from plates. A very good, clean copy. First edition of this early biography of poet, moral philosopher and literary critic James Beattie (1735Ð1803). Compiled by a close friend, it is largely made up of BeattieÕs letters, linked together by comments from Forbes. Seller Inventory # 14815

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Title: An Account of the Life and Writings of James...

Publisher: Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and William Creech.[et al.], 1806.

Binding: Hardcover