8vo. In three volumes. [12], 366; [6], 364; [6], 365pp, [1]. Original publisher's vellum-backed cream paper boards, contrasting blue calf lettering-pieces. Extremities lightly marked. Small hole to p.189-190, Vol. I - touching text with slight loss of sense, very occasional light spotting, browning, and marginal chipping.

A Basel printed edition of the essays of educationist Vicesimus Knox (1752- 1821). First printed in 1778, on the recommendation of Samuel Johnson, the collection originally totalled 38 essays combining studies of classical literature, philosophy, and commentaries on the contemporary arts. The author's opinions proved popular, and the second edition was much enlarged; the collection would by 1815 reach its seventh edition and comprise 174 essays.

ESTC records copies of this Basel edition at one location in the British Isles (BL), and at three others worldwide (Berlin, Bryn Mawr, and Harvard).