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An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste.

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Knight, Richard Payne. An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste. London: T. Payne and J. White, 1805. One-third nineteenth century leather, earlier spine neatly rebacked. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the ffep, with a tipped in ALS signed by Erskine bound in. 8vo. xxiv, 470pp. Ex-libris bookplate and annotations to prelims., scattered pencil marginalia, otherwise fine.