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Hardcover, gray cloth in pale green, no price-clipped dust-jacket. 161pp., Index. Stated first edition. Not a history of French aesthetics as such, but more a study of the Classical traditions which informed the refined the French artistic judgement of the eigtheenth century. In short, a look at the fromation of taste and attitudes pertinent to the arts, and by extension, Frecn intellectual life in the Age of Reason. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket shows mild toning and several small spots. A very good+ copy in a near very good dust-jacket.