Four dissertations. I. The natural history of religion. II. Of the passions. III. Of tragedy. IV. Of the standard of taste. By David Hume, Esq

People / Organizations

• David Hume (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, MDCCLVII. [1757]

Publication year

1757

ESTC No.

T4011

Grub Street ID

269231

Description

[4],vii,[3],240p. ; 12°.

Note

With a half-title with advertisements on the verso

Printed by William Bowyer. For the complicated production history, see E. C. Mossner, 'Hume's Four dissertations: an essay in biography and bibliography', Modern philology 48:1 (August 1950), pp. 37-57, and William B. Todd, 'David Hume: a preliminary bibliography', in Hume and the Enlightenment: essays presented to Ernest Campbell Mossner (Edinburgh and Austin, 1974), pp. 200-201.