ESSAYS ON THE ACTIVE POWERS OF THE HUMAN MIND; An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense; and an Essay on Quantity.

Black blind-stamped cloth. xi+599+(1)(list)+(2, t.p.'s of Wright's 2 vols 'Works of Thomas Reid'), pub.lists on endpapers; eminent historian of science R.M.Young's dated sig.top fr.free endpaper, sm.heraldic label of Robert Washington Oates centre fr.pastedown, 1855-1856 dated sig. of John N Macfadyen verso fr. free endpaper, this trio have however left the main text clean & unmarked & end gutters sound; covers firm and on close inspection orig.cloth has been relaid on a black base, fairly clean but sp.end & corner rubbing, sp.somwhat rippled. This contains Dugald Stewart's biographical 'Memoir of the Author', and is first with Wright's 'Notes, Sectional Heads and . Synoptical Table of Contents'. Not particularly attractive but a very sound copy.