Description
Near fine, 1936 Charles Scribner’s Sons edition, blue boards with ivory font on spine, 210 pps. Without writing or marks, binding tight, clean, age toned and spine age faded.”unabridged 2nd edition of the 1896 lectures delivered at Harvard College is a study of “why, when, and how beauty appears, what conditions an object must fulfill to be beautiful, what elements of our nature make us sensible of beauty, and what the relation is between the constitution of the object and the excitement of our susceptibility…Presentation throughout the work is concrete and easy to follow, with examples drawn from art, history, anthropology, psychology, and similar areas.”
Item Condition: Used Good. 1936 edition. Hardcover has significant wear, scuffs, small marks, stains and small tears. No dust jacket. Spine has significant reading creases and wear, small tears on top and bottom. Pages have some marks and underlining and the binding is secure.