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ARMSTRONG (JOHN): Miscellanies.
London: Printed for T. Cadell..., 1770. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. vii [viii blank], 216; iii [iv blank], 279 [280 blank], contemporary calf, spines ornately gilt in compartments, red and green morocco labels; slight wear to joints and corners, but generally a very good and attractive set. Armstrong is one of the most interesting minor figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. Like Tobias Smollett, he trained as a physician, but his chief interests were philosophy and literature. The Art of Preserving Health (1744) was his most successful and best-known work, going through a number of editions in the 18th century, while his interests in philosophical matters turned towards aesthetics in Taste (1753). Like George Cheyne, he sought corollaries between bodily health and intellectual activity. David Hume described him as the author of "many fine pieces: He is besides a very worthy Man." Perhaps one of the pieces that Hume had in mind was "The Muncher's and Guzzler's Diary; The Wit's, the Critic's, the Conundrumist's, the Farmer's the Petit-Maitre's Pocket Companion...," which appears in volume 1.
Offered for GBP 330.00 = appr. US$ 539.88 by: John Price Antiquarian Books - Book number: 4387
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