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‎Hugo Blair's Vorlesungen uber Rhetorik und Shone Wissenshaften. Aus dem englischen übersetzt v. K.G. Schreiter. Vol. 1 & 2. ‎

‎Leignitz und Leipzig: Bey David Siegert 1785, 1786, in-8vo, XIV + 1 Bl. (Inhalt) + 406 S. / 2 Bl. + 360 S., original Halb-Lederband. Titel u. Bandnr. -Schildchen am Rücken, Kapitale etwas abgefriffen, Ecken minimal bestossen insgesamt schönes Exemplar. ‎

‎Scarce first German translation, by K. G. Schreiter, of Hugh Blair’s Lectures on Rhetoric. Blair’s popular Lectures held an important place in the Scottish Enlightenment canon and were read in the University of Edinburgh for over twenty years. They were originally designed for the initiation of youth in the study of belles lettres and composition. First 2 volumes (of 4). (ref.: Nat. Libr. of Scotland) Image disp.‎