£300
FIRST EDITION, 4to, pp. xii, lxxvi, 590. Errata slip bound in after Contents list. Modern quarter calf, marbled boards, spine divided by raised bands between double gilt rules, red morocco label, marbled edges. A little scattered toning and spotting. Spine somewhat sunned.
A supplement of sorts to Stewart's masterwork, the Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, which was published in three parts over 35 years - appearing between the first and second parts - the Philosophical Essays comprises responses to the theories of Locke, Berkeley, Hartley, Priestley, and Darwin, followed by a larger section dealing with aesthetic subjects.
