Essays
Subtitle: on the nature and immutability of truth, in opposition to sophistry and scepticism. On poetry and music, as they affect the mind. On laughter, and ludicrous composition. On the utility of classical learning
By: by James Beattie ... In two volumes
Contributors: Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; Boston Public Library) John Adams Library
Publisher: Printed for William Creech ..., and for E. & C. Dilly, and T. Cadell, London
Published: 1776
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Truth; Laughter; Poetry; Classical education
Notes: With a final errata leaf, v. 1, and p. [2] (second count), v. 2.

Each section of essays has separate, half t.p.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

John Adams Library copy: minor annotations.

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.