Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine ArtsScott, John Robert
Philosophy
Dissertation on the Progress of the Fine Arts
Scott, John Robert
Aesthetics; Art; Art and society -- Greece; Art patronage -- Great Britain; Art patronage -- Greece; Arts, British; Arts, Greek
JOHN T. DESAGULIERS: _The Newtonian System of the World the Best
Model of Government_ (1728). Introduction by Marjorie H. Nicolson.
_Sale Catalogue of Mrs. Piozzi's Effects_ (1816). Introduction by
John Butt.
M. C. SARBIEWSKI: _The Odes of Casimire_ (1646). Introduction by
Maren-Sofie Roestvig.
_Selections from Seventeenth-Century Songs._ Introduction by
Jennifer W. Angel.
_A Sermon Preached at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul_ (1745).
[Probably by Samuel Johnson]. Introduction by James L. Clifford.
Publications for the first seven years (with the exception of Nos. 1-6,
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY
FIRST YEAR (1946-1947)
Numbers 1-6 out of print.
SECOND YEAR (1947-1948)
7. John Gay's _The Present State of Wit_ (1711); and a section on
Wit from _The English Theophrastus_ (1702).
8. Rapin's _De Carmine Pastorali_, translated by Creech (1684).
9. T. Hanmer's (?) _Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet_ (1736).
10. Corbyn Morris' _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit,
etc._ (1744).
11. Thomas Purney's _Discourse on the Pastoral_ (1717).
12. Essays on the Stage, selected, with an Introduction by Joseph
Wood Krutch.
THIRD YEAR (1948-1949)
13. Sir John Falstaff (pseud.), _The Theatre_ (1720).
14. Edward Moore's _The Gamester_ (1753).
15. John Oldmixon's _Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley_
(1712); and Arthur Mainwaring's _The British Academy_ (1712).
16. Nevil Payne's _Fatal Jealousy_ (1673).
17. Nicholas Rowe's _Some Account of the Life of Mr. William
Shakespeare_ (1709).
18. "Of Genius," in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III, No. 10
(1719); and Aaron Hill's Preface to _The Creation_ (1720).
FOURTH YEAR (1949-1950)
19. Susanna Centlivre's _The Busie Body_ (1709).
20. Lewis Theobold's _Preface to The Works of Shakespeare_ (1734).
21. _Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and
Pamela_ (1754).
22. Samuel Johnson's _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749) and Two
_Rambler_ papers (1750).
23. John Dryden's _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681).
24. Pierre Nicole's _An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in Which
from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and
Rejecting Epigrams_, translated by J. V. Cunningham.
FIFTH YEAR (1950-1951)
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