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Author

Gerard, Alexander, 1728-1795.

Title An essay on taste [microform] / by Alexander Gerard, D.D. Professor of divinity in the Marischal college of Aberdeen. To which are annexed, three dissertations on the same subject, by Mr. de Voltaire, Mr. d'Alembert, and Mrde Montesquieu.

Imprint

Edinburgh : Printed for A. Millar, London and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1764.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets	LEL 12248	---	Available

Edition	2nd ed. with corrections and additions.
Description	[2], viii, [2], 298 p.
Series	Library of English literature ; LEL 12248
Note	Page 263 misnumbered "l63."
	Includes table of contents.
	"An essay on taste. By Mr. de Voltaire," Reflections on the use and abuse of philosophy in matters that are properly relative to taste. By Mr. d'Alembert, F.R.S. member of the French academy, of the Royal academies of Prussia and Sweden, &c." and "An essay on taste. Considered with respect to the productions both of nature and art. A fragment found imperfect among the papers of the late president de Montesquieu" with half-title pages.
Reproduction	Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature, LEL 12248)
Note	s 1976 ilu n
Subject	Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author	Voltaire, 1694-1778.
	Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783.
	Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.