1728 – Art of Logic & Rhetoric – Bouhours | First Edition, Ancient Literature Criticism

The Arts of Logick and Rhetorick by Dominique Bouhours is a 1728 first English edition of La manière de bien penser dans les ouvrages d’esprit. This book, edited by John Oldmixon, is a thorough English criticism of ancient literature, with countless comparisons of modern English literature to classic writings. Oldmixon incorporates writings of Shakespeare, Dryden, and Addison with those of Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Tertullian, Tasso, and Ovid. Of course, no commentary on famous literature would be complete without mention of Milton, Cervantes, and Moliere.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Arts of Logick and Rhetorick: Illustrated by Examples Taken Out of the Best Authors, Antient and Modern
• Author(s): Dominique Bouhours
• Contributor(s): John Oldmixon (Adaptor, translator)
• Publisher: London, Printed for John Clark and Richard Hett
• Edition: First English Edition, 1728.
• Binding: Full leather
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Size:  8 in x 5 in (20.3 cm x 12.7 cm)
• Collation: xxxii, 418, [18] pp
• Contents Include:
  • Life and Writings of Bouhours
  • Comparative Literary Selections
  • Excerpts from writers including: Theodosius, Tertullian, Pliny, Tasso, Virgil, Sallust, Shakespeare, Seneca, Petrarch, Ovid, Moliere, Milton, Horace, John Dryden, Cicero, Cervantes, etc.
  • Full Index of Authors and Topics

Condition:

Very Good. Bound in full leather with a tight structure and only light wear at one section of the front hinge. Corners remain crisp with minimal surface scuffing. Pages are clean, complete, and sharp-edged.

Why Collect This?

• First English edition translated from a key French rhetorical work
• Classical and modern literary figures quoted throughout

Item Number: # 29807