Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Letters

Hugh Blair

Published by W. Strahan; T. Cadell; W. Creech, London, 1783

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The first edition of Hugh Blair's popular and insightful lectures and essays on language. The first edition.Complete in two volumes.A series of lectures by Hugh Blair.These forty-seven lectures were given whilst Blair was the chair of Rhetoric at the University of Edinburgh. He was a proponent for young people acquiring effective writing skills as he thought they were of important value sociallyin elevating status, in addition to promoting virtue and morality. These lectures form a guide to rhetoric.A frequently reprinted work, Blair provides an organised guide to belletristic rhetoric and literary theoryin a concise and accessible form.Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece. Collated, complete.Bookplate of Alexander Higginson to the front paste downs. In a full tree calf binding. Externally, front boards are detached but present. Leather is a little rubbed with some light marks, rubbing resulting in loss to the extremities. Rear joints are starting. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spines. Small chips to the spine labels. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Rear hinge of Volume II is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional scattered spot. Good Only.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Letters
• Publisher: W. Strahan; T. Cadell; W. Creech, London
• Publication Date: 1783
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good Only
• Book Type: book