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Art - Philosophy - Early works to 1800

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    A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful

    Edmund Burke | Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]
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    An inquiry into the real and imaginary obstructions to the acquisition of the arts in England. By James Barry, Royal Academician, and Member of the Clementine Academy of Bologns

    Barry, James, 1741-1806. | Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]
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    A letter to His Excellency Count *** , on poetry, painting, and sculpture.

    King, John Glen, 1732-1787. | Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
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    A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful

    Edmund Burke | Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]

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