Midas; Or, A Serious Inquiry Concerning Taste And Genius; Including A Proposal For The Certain Advancement Of The Elegant Arts. To Which Is Added, By Way Of Illustration, A Fragment Of Ancient History. By Anthony Fisgrave, Ll. D.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/2460
Author
Imprint
London:: Printed for John Murray, 32, Fleet Street; And A. Constable And Co. Edinburgh., 1808.
Physical Description
xvi, 208 p.; 170 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[T.p.] - An Epistle, Prefatory And Dedicatory, To A Great Connoisseur - [Text]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'C. Whittingham, Printer, (103) Goswell Street.'
Provenance
A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'Bequest of Sr Aug Callcott.'
Binding Note
19th-century quarter green morocco, red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Fisgrave's Midas.' and 'R.A.'
Subject
Aesthetics - Taste (aesthetics) - Genius (creative ability) - Art - Arts
Essays - Great Britain - 19th century
Essays - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
John Murray, publisher
Charles Whittingham, printer
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott RA, previous owner, donor
Archibald Constable and Company (Edinburgh), publisher
Charles Whittingham, printer
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott RA, previous owner, donor
Archibald Constable and Company (Edinburgh), publisher