HOGARTH, William.. THE ANALYSIS OF BEAUTY, written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste. [Bound with] RULES FOR DRAWING CARICATURAS: with an essay on comic painting. (as called for on the half-title.). London: printed for Samuel Bagster, 1791.

Price: US$320.82 + shipping

Description: 8vo, (218mm), viii,xxx,(34-)240;24p. Engraved frontispiece of Francis Grose, 4 engraved plates & a small engraved tailpiece. Original full diced calf, backstrip tooled in gilt (lacking the lettering piece) and with an ornamental roll framing the coves, slightly rubbed and with some slight fading to the head of the front cover, the head-fore corner tip worn.

Seller: Barry McKay Rare Books, Appleby-in-Westmorland, CUMBR, United Kingdom