A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Edmund Burke
Rambler Press, Warsaw 2023
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and
Beautiful is a 1757 treatise on aesthetics written by Edmund Burke.
It was the first complete philosophical exposition for separating the beautiful
and the sublime into their own respective rational categories. It attracted the
attention of prominent thinkers such as Denis Diderot and Immanuel Kant.
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Octavo. 312 pp, set in Brunel Text Roman No 2 and printed on Century
Laid, cotton paper with watermarks in an edition of 25 copies (this is no 1). Finely
bound in black morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, marbled
endpapers, gilt top edge.
Attractively bound by hand.
CONDITION
Brand new copy in a fine binding.
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