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Lot 80
[ELOCUTION] Group of eight volumes on elocution, language etc.
Includes SHERIDAN, THOMAS. A Course of Lectures on Elocution together with Two dissertations on Language... London: Strahan for Millar [etc.], 1752. First edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked; [Idem]. Lectures on the Art of Reading. In two parts. London: printed for Dodsley [etc], 1787. The third edition. Period calf; [Ibid, Idem]. The fifth edition of the same. Modern three-quarters calf, uncut copy; [LAMY, BERNARD]. The art of speaking: written in French by Messieurs du Port Royal: in persuance of a former treatise, intituled, The art of thinking. Rendered into English. London: W. Taylor, 1707. Second edition. 19th century calf; HARRIS, JAMES. Hermes or a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar. London: John Nourse, 1771. Third edition. Period calf, rebacked; MEIER, GEORGE FREDERICK. The merry philosopher; or, thoughts on jesting. Containing rules by which a proper judgment of jests may be formed; and the criterion for distinguishing true and genuine wit from that which is false and spurious: together with instructions for improving the taste of those, who have a natural turn for pleasantry and good humour... London: J. Newbery, 1764. First English edition. Period calf, rebacked; GIBBON, THOMAS. Rhetoric; or a view of its principle tropes and figures... London: William Buckland, 1767. First edition. Period calf; and CAMPBELL, GEORGE. The Philosophy of Rhetoric. London: Thomas Tegg, 1841. Period calf. Variously worn, but a sound group of works overall, all with the book label of William Safire.
An interesting group that speaks to William Safire's interest in language, words, and political rhetoric.
C From the Collection of the late William Safire
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