Four dissertations. : I. The natural history of religion. II. Of the passions. III. Of tragedy. IV. Of the standard of taste. /
Hume, David,1711-1776.
Lickorish, Richard,1759 or 1760-1810.StEdNL: RB.s.2893
Gilmour, J. S. L.(John Scott Lennox),1906-1986.StEdNL: RB.s.2893
Ogle, J. S.,former owner.StEdNL: F.5.b.23
Parry, J.,of Cirencester,former owner.StEdNL: H.28.f.38
Blaker, Edward,of Portslade,19th cent?,former owner.StEdNL: H.S.11
Whibley, Charles, |d 1859-1930,former owner.StEdNL: H.S.11
Hume, David,1711-1776,annotator.StEdNL: MS.509
Strahan, William,1715-1785,associated name.StEdNL: MS.509
London, : Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand.,
M D C C L V I I. [1757]
With a half title, with an advertisement on the verso.
With a half title preceding Dissertation I.
Contains the suppressed Dissertation IV, 'Òf suicide', with the replacement dissertation IV, 'Òf the standard of taste' added at the end.
With a dedication to John Hume. 800 copies were printed without it. See T.E. Jessop. A bibliography of David Hume and of Scottish Philosopy (London, 1938), page 34.
Leaves C12 and D1 are cancels.
First word of page 9 reads "lative", a variant has "ative".
Printed by William Bowyer. For the complicated production history, see E. C. Mossner, 'Hume's Four dissertations: an essay in biography and bibliography', Modern philology 48:1 (August 1950), pp. 37-57, and William B. Todd, 'David Hume: a preliminary bibliography', in Hume and the Enlightenment: essays presented to Ernest Campbell Mossner (Edinburgh and Austin, 1974), pp. 200-201.
Also printed on "superfine Royal Paper". See Todd, p. 201, who notes that a few copies may have measured 180 x 110mm.
ESTC
Ink inscription at head of recto of front flyleaf: Richd. Lickorish 11 August, 1789. With the bookplate of J.S.L. Gilmour on front pastedown and his pencil inscriptions on recto of front free endpaper.
Ink inscription at head of front pastedown: J.S. Ogle. Anonymous [Ogle] die sinker armorial bookplate with motto "Prenez en gre" on front pastedown. Library booklabel at foot of front pastedown with shelfmark: Case O, Shelf 10, No. 21.
Ink inscription at head of recto of front flylead preceding title: J. Parry Cirencester.
With the armorial crest bookplate of Edward Blaker of Portslade and the booklabel of Charles Whibbley reading "Sum Caroli Whibbley on front pastedown.
With corrections in suppressed Dissertations in the hand of the author. Manuscript note in the hand of the author pasted onto recto of front free endpaper: "This Book is to be considerd as a Manuscript and to deliverd to Mr Strahan according to my Will."
Natural theology
Emotion
Tragedy
Aesthetics
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