HOME, HENRY (LORD KAMES).

Elements of Criticism. A New Edition. 3 vols.

Basil, Tourneisen, 1795.

8vo. In three somewhat worn contemporary half calf bindings. Gilt title and tome labels (though largely lost) to spines. Boards sprinkled. Spines rubbed. Wear and loss to capitals. Hinges and edges of boards worn. Corners bumped. Exlibris (of Vilhelm Wanscher) and recent ownership signature to inside of front board. Handwritten inscription, dated 6 April 1937, from art historian Vilhelm Wanscher to the prominent literary critic Paul V. Rubow to front free endpaper. Some scattered brownspots, otherwise clean internally. XII, 365, (2); 376; (1), 307, (10) p. 

A neat copy of Lord Kames' celebrated treatise on literary composition, first published in 1762.

Order-nr.: 62551