Author: BROWN (John):
Title: The History of the Rise and Progress of Poetry, Through it's [sic] several Species. Written by Dr. Brown.
Description: Newcastle: Printed for J. White and T. Saint..., 1764. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 266 [267 - 268 adverts], contemporary calf; front cover detached, rear joint cracked, binding worn. The Advertisement notes, "It is thought proper to inform the Purchasers of the 'Dissertation the Rise, Union, &c. of Poetry and Music,' that the Substance of this Volume is contained in That; which is now thrown into the present Form, for the Sake of such classical Readers as are not particularly conversant with Music." Brown's Dissertation was published in 1763 in London. Brown's book is a constructive and instructive attempt to fuse literary history and aesthetic theory, and while some of Brown's theorizing is apparently at odds with his facts, he nevertheless was trying to keep aesthetics firmly grounded in empirical data. Eddy 65.

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