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Knight, Richard Payne. An Analytical Inquiry into the Principles of Taste. London: T. Payne, 1808. "Fourth edition." 8vo, contemp. full diced brown calf, gilt, spine gilt; spine ends, corners & joints rubbed, spine scuffed. Scattered light foxing. Armorial bookplate.
Important work on aesthetic theory written in response to Price's "Essay on the Picturesque" and Edmund Burke's "Sublime and Beautiful."