Essay on the principles of translation. Second edition, corrected, and considerably enlarged

[Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee]

Published by printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, London, 1797

8vo, pp. [2], xi, [1], 416; original blue paper-covered boards, gray-green paper shelfback, title in manuscript on spine; light fading, cracking and staining, but still a near very good, sound copy. Early ownership inscriptions of H. D. Forbes. Eight-line note in pencil on the front free endpaper quoting a notice in The Athenaeum. Second edition but considerably expanded over the first (from 260 pages to 416) making it almost a new work. In this edition he adds much new material, "based on the criticism of the reviewers and the advice of his literary friends, among whom he numbered Robert Burns, Playfair and Dugald Stewart. "This is the most important book of its time on the theory of translation. After its publication Tytler 'attained a rapid and extraordinary celebrity. Complimentary letters flowed in from the many eminent men in England; and the book itself speedily came to be considered a standard work in English criticism'" (Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen). Tytler (1747-1813) was a professor of history at Edinburgh where his lectures were attended by a young Sir Walter Scott. Seller Inventory # 67169

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Title: Essay on the principles of translation. ...
Publisher: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, London
Publication Date: 1797