Ueber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn. Neue vermehrte Ausgabe.
Breslau: Gottl. Ldwe. 1789. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. Item #2329140
Second edition, revised and enlarged. German text. Lacks inserted leaf of Goethe's 'Prometheus,' present in some copies but censored in most. Half of backstrip absent, the rest loose, boards heavily rubbed and soiled, pages lightly foxed.
li, [1], 440 pp. 7 3/4 x 5. Engraved frontispiece of Spinoza, engraved illustration of both philosophers on title page, and another of Mendelssohn following text. This work started the Spinozism/Pantheism controversy which began the shift from the Enlightenment to Romanticism and German Idealism.
Price: $500.00
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