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An essay on taste

Title
An essay on taste / by Alexander Gerard, M.A., professor of moral philosophy and logic, in the Marischal College of Aberdeen ; with three dissertations on the same subject, by Mr. de Voltaire, Mr. d'Alembert, F.R.S., Mr. de Montesquieu.
Author
Gerard, Alexander, 1728-1795.
Publication
London : Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1759.

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Additional Authors
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  • Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783.
  • Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.
  • Drexel Collection
  • Martin J. Gross Collection. NN
Description
[2], iii, [1], 314 p.; 21 cm. (8vo)
Alternative Title
Reflexions on the use and abuse of philosophy in matters that are properly relative to taste.
Subject
Aesthetics > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Signatures: pi1 a² B-U⁸ X⁴ chi1.
  • "An essay on taste, by Mr. de Voltaire": p. 213-222. Translation of Voltaire's article "Goût" in the Encyclopédie (1757).
  • "Reflexions on the use and abuse of philosophy in matters that are properly relative to taste, by Mr. D'Alembert, F.R.S.": p. [223]-250.
  • "An essay on taste, considered with respect to the productions both of nature and art. A fragment found imperfect among the papers of the late president de Montesquieu": p. [251]-314.
Indexed In (note)
  • ESTC (RLIN)
  • Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)
Provenance (note)
  • Martin J. Gross Collection.
Call Number
Drexel 44
OCLC
  • 971662
  • 00971662
  • NYPGR971662-B
Author
Gerard, Alexander, 1728-1795.
Title
An essay on taste / by Alexander Gerard, M.A., professor of moral philosophy and logic, in the Marischal College of Aberdeen ; with three dissertations on the same subject, by Mr. de Voltaire, Mr. d'Alembert, F.R.S., Mr. de Montesquieu.
Imprint
London : Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1759.
Indexed In:
ESTC (RLIN) T60731
Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 100
Provenance
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Local Note
Binding: Contemporary calf, gilt.
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Added Author
Drexel Collection.
Voltaire, 1694-1778. Goût. English. 1759.
Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783. Reflexions sur l'usage et sur l'abus de la philosophie dans les matières de goût. English. 1759.
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755. Essai sur le goût. English. 1759.
Martin J. Gross Collection. NN
Added Title
Reflexions on the use and abuse of philosophy in matters that are properly relative to taste.
Research Call Number
Drexel 44
*KGV (Voltaire. Gout. English. 1759) 01-159
MAB (Gerard, A. Essay on taste.)
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