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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library. Ex-Library. Hardcover. This is the original 1849 edition that has been rebound in twentieth century buckram. 7" X 4 3/4". 192pp. Rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges of brown cloth over boards. Imprint of cup ring to front cover. Toning and dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's stamp and blindstamp to front free endpaper. Torn bookplate and bookseller's ticket from the National Library Bindery Co. to front pastedown. Library pocket and borrow's ticket tipped in at rear endpaper and rear pastedown. Occasional penciled and inked library notation and stamps from Oglethorpe University Library to title page and to first several pages. Age-toning to pages throughout. Soiling to top edges of last 45 pages. Main body of is are free of notation. Binding is sound. A rebound, but solid and presentable 1849 printing of philosopher Victor Cousin's Philosophy of the Beautiful. Victor Cousin (November 1792 - January 14, 1867) was a notable French philosopher who established the philosophy of "eclecticism." This briefly influential school of French philosophy integrated aspects of German idealism and Scottish Common Sense Realism. Serving as the administrator of public instruction for more than a decade, Cousin wielded significant influence on French educational policy.…