Literary and Characteristical Lives of John Gregory, M.D. Henry Home, Lord Kames. David Hume, Esq. and Adam Smith, L.L.D. To which are added a dissertation on public spirit; and three essays.

  • Smellie, William
  • Edinburgh: Printed and sold by Alex. Smellie [et al] 1800
  • ESTC T107194; Goldsmiths' 17862.

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FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. ix, [i], 450. Twentieth-century half calf, red cloth boards, spine divided by raised bands, red leather label. Some soiling and browning. Spine slightly rubbed and with a darkened patch at foot. Dumfries Public Library inscription to title-page.

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Posthumously published biographies of major figures in the Scottish Enlightenment by the prolific printer, editor, and writer William Smellie (1740-1795), editor of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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