The art of rhetoric made easy
Subtitle: or, the elements of oratory briefly stated, and fitted for the practice of the studious youth of Great Britain and Ireland: in two books. The first comprehending the principles of the excellent art, conformable to, and supported by the authority of the most accurate orators and rhetoricians, both ancient and modern. The second containing the substance of Longinus's celebrated Treatise on the sublime
By: by John Holmes.
Contributors: Longinus, 1st cent.
Publisher: Printed for and sold by C. Hitch, and L. Hawes
Published: 1755
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.; Oratory -- Early works to 1800.; English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Rhetoric.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Elements of oratory briefly stated ...; De sublimitate
Notes: Running title: Rhetoric made easy, or Elements of oratory.

Book II has own title-page and separate paging.

Signatures: 1 leaf unsigned (wanting), Ab□-s□p4b□-s□s ab□-s□p4b□-s□s B-Nb□-s□p4b□-s□s; A-Kb□-s□p4b□-s□s (K3 advertisements?, K4 blank?, both wanting).

Longinus' On the sublime translated from the Greek. Its Latin title: De sublimitate. Incorrectly attributed to Dionysius Longinus, author unknown. (Cf. ARN: 1209127).

Tite-page wanting; "Dedicatio" and "Preface" dated 1755.