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1787WRCLIT68095Paris: Chez Deterville 1787. Volumes one and two of six published. viii3893;44116pp. Octavo. Contemporary mottled calf spines gilt extra gilt labels. Seven plates plus large folding map of 42 in the full series. Lower joint of one volume a bit wormed but sound intermittent foxing crown of one spine worn; still a good representation of the set. A multi-disciplinary selection of essays and articles translated from German English Italian and Dutch including several critical essays in these two volumes by Gotthold Lessing. Chez Deterville unknown books
17733587Braunschweig: Buchhandlung des furstl. Waysenhauses 1773. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First volume of this multi-volume work. Contemporary boards leather spine well worn. Contents very good. <br/><br/> Buchhandlung des furstl. Waysenhauses hardcover books
1779176516Berlin: Voss 1779. Hardcover. VG pages tanned as expected with age but pages are readable. Original paper wraps are rebound in full green leather boards gilt lettering on spine with four raised bands untrimmed pages 253 pp. Written in German. Nathan The Wise a dramatic poem in five acts. Voss hardcover books
17876593Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung 1787. Soft cover. Good. 8vo 152 x 95mm. 60pp. Modern wrappers margins trimmed close occasional spots lightly browned; front wrap loose but present. A satire on the Berlin academy written jointly by Lessing and Moses Mendelssohn criticizing the philosophical system of Alexander Popeís Essay on Man 1733-1734. Lessing German writer critic and dramatist was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings often witty and ironic substantially influenced the development of German literature. In 1755 the collaborative work of Lessing and his friend philosopher Moses Mendelssohn anonymously appeared in the form of this provocative treatise Pope ein Metaphysiker! Pope as a Metaphysician. The controversial treatise dissected the subject of a contest at the Prussian Royal Academy. The two friends wrote it to confirm that there cannot be a true comparison between a poetic and a philosophic conception. <br/><br/> Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung paperback books
17587653Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss 1758. First edition. Boards. Very Good -. 8vo. 4 volumes. Engraved portraits in Volumes 1 & 3 as published. Each of the 4 title pages with an engraved illustration. Orig. drab boards somewhat soiled and extremities rubbed. Remnants of paper labels on spines. The first edition. The set is usually 4 volumes bound in 2. It is unusual to find the 4 individual volumes here in their original state as published. Christian Friedrich Voss hardcover books
176642808Berlin: Voss 1766. <p>"Opened up a New Prospect in the Appreciation of Greek Literature" Printing and the Mind of Man</p> <p>Lessing Gotthold Ephraim 1729-81. Laokoon: Oder über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie. Erster Theil all published. 8vo. 8 298pp. Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss 1766. 196 x 122 mm. Half sheep gilt spine ca. 1766 light rubbing and edgewear. Minor foxing and toning but very good. Former owners' signatures on front endpaper and title. </p> <p> First Edition. The German philosopher and critic Gotthold Lessing was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era; "it was he more than any other who laid the foundations of the intellectual primacy of German writers and thinkers in the nineteenth century" Printing and the Mind of Man 213. His Laokoon probably his best-known work had an enormous influence on the development of art and literary criticism:</p> <p> "Laokoon takes its name from the famous statue discovered at Rome in the sixteenth century. It analyzes the differences between the sculptor's treatment of Laocoon wrestling with the serpents and Virgil's treatment of the same theme and from there does on to discuss the limits and limitations of all the arts. It contains the first clear statement of the truth which is now considered axiomatic that every art is subject to limitations and can achieve greatness only by a clear understanding of a self-restriction to its proper function. The most telling passages and those which have borne most fruit are those on poetry . . . Lessing's exposition of the themes of Homer and Sophocles is especially effective and he opened up a new prospect in the appreciation of Greek literature" Printing and the Mind of Man.</p> . Voss unknown books
177833323Braunschweig: Waisenhausbuchhandlung 1778. Small 8vo 17.5 cm; 7". 11 numbers in one volume each 16 pp. <br><br>Lessing was one of the fathers of German Idealism during the Enlightenment and among other things is remembered for having provided the foundation of a modern philosophy of religion" Yasukata Lessing's Philosophy of Religion and the German Enlightenment p. 89. Johann Melchior Goeze 171786 a contemporary of Lessing was a spiritual leader of the Lutheran Church in Germany and familiar with literature; he took up writing histories and apologetics and because of their differing views on religion and ideals of the Enlightenment he and Lessing entered into a debate.<br>Â Â Â Â While the two are said to have remained cordial the debate was so "bitter" that the Duke of Brunswick Lessing's supporter "intervened silencing Lessing" Oxford Companion to German Literature 2nd ed. p. 554!<br>Â Â Â Â Printed here are Lessing's portions of the eleven exchanges in that debate. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Goedeke IV 447; Holzmann 2383. Recent boards covered in brown paper specked with black in the style of the era; age-toning and some dampstaining not beyond "typical." Overall a good copy of a complete set of Lessing's eleven arguments. [Waisenhausbuchhandlung] hardcover books
