Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music Painting and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness

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Sale 369: Fine & Rare Books, with Material from the Estate of Norbert Lipper of New York City (#369) 11/29/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #101Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music Painting and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness

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Title:

Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music Painting and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness

Author:

H[arris], J[ames]

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

J. Nourse and P. Vaillant

Date Published:

1744

Description:

[iv], 357 pp. (8vo) 7¾x5, later half calf and marbled boards. First Edition.

The first treatise, 'Concerning Art, A Dialogue,' avoids the commonplace mimetic theories and introduces into English critical discussion the important aesthetic distinction between energy (energeia) and work (kinesis) derived from Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics. 'A Discourse on Music, Painting, and Poetry' is notable for the supreme position allotted to poetry and for its praise of the musical-verbal symbiosis achieved in the Handelian oratorio. 'Concerning Happiness, A Dialogue' urges the primacy of imagination as a mode of intellection.

Condition:

Spine and edges rubbed; pages browned; bookplate on front pastedown and embossed stamp on title page; else very good.

Item#:

186518

Headline:

James "Hermes" Harris Three Treatises 1744
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