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HUME, DAVID. Four Dissertations. I. The Natural History of Religion. II. Of the Passions. III. Of Tragedy. IV. Of the Standard of Taste. [6], vii, [1], 240 pages, including half-title, with the dedication bound after the fly-title to the first dissertation. 12mo, 154x95 mm, modern 1/4 morocco; occasional toning and foxing, light marginal stains on half-title and last leaf, few pencil marginalia. London: A. Millar, 1757
first edition; issue with the dedication, which Hume initially withdrew but then restored after 800 copies had been sold without it. Third(?) state of page 9, with first word "lative"; second state of page 131, with first word "lancing." Jessop, page 33; Rothschild 1176.
