Sketches of the History of Man. Considerably Enlarged by the last Additions and Corrections of the Author. A New Edition...to which is now added A General Index
by KAMES (Henry Home), Lord:
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech...and T. Cadell & W. Davies, London, 1807. 3 volumes. 8vo, pp. [iv], 525 [526 blank]; iv, 482; vii [viii blank], 514 [515 - 516 adverts], contemporary half roan, marbled boards (slightly rubbed), rebacked, gilt rules across spines, red and black morocco labels. Kames's Sketches was first published in 1774, partly in response to the first volume of Lord Monboddo's Of the Origin and Progress of Language. It proved to be a popular work and was republished several time sin the 18th century and again in the 19th century.
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- John Price Antiquarian Books (GB)
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- Title
- Sketches of the History of Man. Considerably Enlarged by the last Additions and Corrections of the Author. A New Edition...to which is now added A General Index
- Author
- KAMES (Henry Home), Lord:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh: Printed for William Creech...and T. Cadell & W. Davies, London, 1807
- Keywords
- anthropology philosophy Scottish Enlightenment prose
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- anthropology;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled boards
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...