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Leather. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). An eighteenth century edition of this important Classical Roman-Greek work on aesthetics and the sublime, illustrated with a frontispiece. The fourth edition edited by Zachary Pearce.In Greek and Latin, with Greek to the verso of the leaves, and Latin to the recto.Illustrated with a frontispiece.ESTC citation number T87479.Lacking the front endpaper, otherwise, work is complete.The anonymously written 'De Sublimitate', or, 'On the Sublime'.An important classical work on aesthetics, and the importance of good writings. In the treatise the author puts forth examples of good and bad writing.The work is generally referred to having been written by a Longinus, with people often naming Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Cassius Longinus as potential authors.Zachary Pearce was a controversialist, and early critical writer who defended John Milton. In a full calf binding. Externally, worn, front board is detaching. Leather to the head of the front joint is lifting a little, Loss to the tail of the front board. Leather is rubbed with some light marks. Rear joint is cracked. A little loss to the head and tail of the spine. Surface cracks to the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Rear hinge is strained. Pencil scribble to the paste downs, rear endpaper, and recto of the frontispiece. Lacking the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some occasional spots. Good Only. book.

Zustand: Gut. Editio Quarta. gestochenes Frontispiz, Titel in rot/schwarz gedruckt. XXXV, (1 errata), 301, (3 variae lectiones), (19 index) mit getsochenem Adellswappen auf dem ersten Widmungsblatt und zahlreichen gestochenen Zierstücken im Text. Schweiger I, 189; Wunderbar großzügig gedruckte und verschwenderisch gestaltete Longinus-Ausgabe in griechisch/lateinischem Paralleltext "der Text ist hin und wieder verbessert und die Noten sind vermehrt" (Schweiger). gr Gewicht in Gramm: 750 8° geglätteter, blindgeprägter Kalbslederband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Titelrückenschild (Vorderdeckel angerissen).

Londini, J. & R.Tonson & S. Draper, & J.Watts, 1752. Engr. frontispiece & one engr. headpiece. XXXV,301,[23] pp. Raise full calf. Small 8vo. - Spine & boards sl. worn.Parallel text edition with text in Greek and Latin.