The Improvement of the Mind: Or, a Supplement to the Art of Logick: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of useful Knowledge, in Religion, in the Sciences, and in common Life
London: T. Longman and J. Buckland, etc. 1753. Half leather. Octavo. xvi, 362, [ii ads].
Isaac Watts' supplement to his classic treatise on logic. Here he delves into other areas of self improvement that are not strictly concerned with logic. There are chapters on observation, reading and books, the judgment of books and authors, the art of conversation, memory and its improvement, disputes and the general rules relating to them, Socratic disputation by question and answer, and much more.
The brilliant, self-made, and prolific English scientist, Michael Farady, was greatly influenced by this work when he was a young bookbinding apprentice.
Handsome volume in modern binding by Starr Bookworks.
Near fine. Bound in marbled paper over boards with dark brown leather spine, four raised bands, red title block. Spine titled, ruled, and ornamented in gilt. Mild browning to textblock, but clean and sound overall.
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