Elements of Mental and Moral Science: Designed to Exhibit the Original Susceptibilities of the Mind, and the Rule by which the Rectitude of any of its States or Feelings Should be Judged.
New York: Published by J. Leavitt, 182 Broadway; Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1829. First American edition. 8vo (9.5 x 6 inches), original rose muslin spine, drab boards, printed paper label, 451, [1] pages, untrimmed. Rubbed, somewhat soiled, fragile muslin and label worn and sunned; foxed throughout; a good copy. Item #21246
A lengthy metaphysical work from the English divine, with much on the association of suggestion and emotional states; one might trace here the influence of the work on Poe's Dupin. See Smith, Allan. “The Psychological Context of Three Tales by Poe.” Journal of American Studies 7, no. 3 (1973): 279–92. American Imprints 39979. An ex-library copy, with the plate for Drury College on the front pastedown and their ink withdrawn stamp on the front free endpaper, but no other evident library markings.
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