£430 or $683 or 537 Euros Postfree-By-Airmail Worldwide

Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, in the Strand, and W. Creech, � in Edinburgh, 1783. FIRST EDITION. TWO VOLUME SET. Although a VERY HEAVY ITEM sold, as always, entirely POSTFREE-BY-AIRMAIL WORLDWIDE. Vol. 1 with portrait frontispiece + viii (including title-page) + 496 text pages; Vol. 2 with iv unnumbered (including title-page) + 550 text pages + 17 unnumbered index pages; contemporary tan calf boards with blended-in 20th century � antiqued spine and board corners -- all done by David Stinton of Midgeley -- with raised � bands and gilt stamping/titling on spine and red and olive title labels as shown in accompanying composite image; modern brown endpapers. Also as shown, some foxing/spotting of prelims in both volumes but elsewhere delightfully clean internally. FULLEST DETAILS of publication, pagination, contents, condition and size, in both inches & centimetres, and sample text all shown in ACCOMPANYING COMPOSITE IMAGE. ***** Scarce First Edition. ****** Hugh Blair (1718-1800), born and educated in Edinburgh and licensed as a preacher in 1741, was promoted to a High Church position within the city in 1758. When his fame as a preacher was at its height he began to lecture on rhetoric and belles lettres, and � with such success that in 1762 a new regius chair was created for � him in the University of Edinburgh. George III bestowed a pension � on him in 1780.

~View Cart Contents Our £ price is definitive; Euro and $ equivalents are approximate.

Please note below our 2- 0R 3-monthly easier payment terms for this item.

Secure now & pre-pay over 2 full months.
Put only Check Terms

Secure now & pre-pay over 3 full months.
Put only Check Terms

Your recommendations via Share / Save are noticed and much appreciated.

Webmasters, feel free to copy/paste the following ready-made link into your own sites.

<A HREF="http://www.parki.co.uk/1blairb.htm">

Blair /Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettresfrom parki.co.uk

</A>

Please re-write the sandwiched 'Blair /. . . . . . from parki.co.uk' text as you wish.

Most online continental sales for March have been from southern Europe, though a little history has gone to Poland. The bargain ginnel has just been topped up with a number of history books. Tomorrow morning should see some activity there. ... Taken From Today's Home Page Jottings.