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1791273399Ohne Ort und Drucker 1791. Third Edition. Boards. Good. 269 pp.writing in pen on fep tears and wear to spine and wear along outer hinges along spineslight browning age related to pages Important play that was highly influential during the Enlightenment period stressing tolerance among Christians Jews and Moslems. Ohne Ort und Drucker hardcover
178621975Carlsruhe chr. gottlieb schmieder 1786. Cont. hcalf. Gilt back. Hinges weakening top of spine with loss of leather. Top of margins on the first leaves faintly dampstained. <br/><br/><em>Second edition of "Trauerspiele" with a new printer. </em> hardcover
179532468A1795. 3. Band von 3 Bänden. Berlin: In der Vossischen Buchhandlung. 1795. Kl.8°. ca. 157 x 102 cm. XXVIII404 S. Einfacher Pappband der Zeit. Grauschnitt. Rücken fehlt Buchblöock gut und fest. Innen mehrer Anstreichungen unterschiedler Zeit unterschiedlicher Vorbesitzer teils in Kyrillisch. Sonst wohlerhalten. Erstausgabe. - Dritter Theil der dreibändigen Erstausgabe die in der Zeit von 1793 bis 1795 erschien. - WG 2.94. - Hirschberg 302. - unknown
1788189631London: G. Robinson 1788. Leather bound. Good scuiffing and overall wear to leather expected age toning but text and illustrations are otherwise clear missing 2 folding plates frontis and title page handwritten notes along top of 2nd page of index. Bound in full brown leather with black bordering 5 raised bands on spine; all edges red tinted; marble illustrated end papers; 288 IV pages; bw illustrations several fold-out. English text. G. Robinson hardcover
1779034334Berlin: Voss 1779. Book. Good. Vellum. Second Edition. 2nd edition Nicely bound in vellum.Top inch of spine missing otherwise vellum binding and pages in very nice condition. Our rating system: 1.Fine; 2. Near fine; 3. Very good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. Voss Hardcover
17774583BB1777. 2 Bde. Carlsruhe Christian Gottlieb Schmieder 1777. 8°. 2 299 S.; 2 484 S. Pappbde. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. mont. Rückenschildern Vergoldung oxidiert berieben u. bestossen. Erster Theil Bd. 1: Der junge Gelehrte. Die Juden. Der Misogyn. Zweiter Theil Bd. 2: Der Freygeist. Der Schatz. Minna von Bernhelm. Damon. Die alte Jungfer. - Mit mont. Kupferstich-Vignette u. 2 Namenszügen von alter Hand auf den festen Vorsätzen. Bd. 2: Mit Wurmfrass in unterer Ecke über 10 Seiten. Fliegende Vorsätze fehlen. Durchgehend stockfleckig u. leicht gebräunt. unknown
178560688Hallersche Buchhandlung Bern 1785 1785. priv. Pappband 2 Bände 496 664s. Fraktur. kl. Stempel a. d. Titelblatt sonst guter Zustand. AZC93. HC Hallersche Buchhandlung, Bern 1785, hardcover
178860698C. F. Voß und Sohn Berlin 1788 1788. priv. Pappband. 380s. Fraktur guter Zustand. AZC94. HC C. F. Voß und Sohn, Berlin 1788, hardcover
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
177817984Nürnberg 1778-79. 8vo. Samt skinnryggbd. med opphøyde ryggbånd og ryggforgylling. Med titelfelt i brunrødt skinn. 2 bl. 2 268 2 ; 8 248 2 bl. s. Med 3 foldekart.8vo. Bound together in a contemporary half calf binding spine richly gilt and with coloured label. 2 blank 2 268 2 ; 8 248 2 blank pp. 3 folding maps. in Verlag der Johann Georg Lochnerischen Buchhandlung Tysk. <br/><br/><em>Hjørnene støtt ryggen noe skrapet. Navn på første bl. bl.Liten del revet bort av side to i del II uten teksttap. Et fint eks.Corners bumped spine rubbed. Name on first blank page. Small strip torn off the second page of vol. 2 no loss of text. Otherwise a clean and crisp copy. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781 German dramatist and critic. He studied theology but was soon influenced by the popular rationalism of the Enlightment. He has no special claim to be ranked as a philosopher of originality and distinction but with the regard to the diffusion of certain ideas and attitudes among educated minds his historical influence is pre-eminent. Encyclopedia of Philosophy vol. 4 pp. 443-46. </em> unknown
177853997Braunschweig 1778. Nach einem Fragment des wolfenbüttelschen Ungenannten herausgegeben von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gering stockfl. Erste Ausgabe Goedeke IV/1448162.W/G 74 8°. br. Deutsche Literatur unknown
17773236DB1777. 2 Bde. Karlsruhe Christian Gottlieb Schnieder 1777. 8°. 2 299 S.; 2 484 S. Halblederbände der Zeit mit Rückensch. und reicher Rückenvergoldung. Karlsruher Nachdruck dieser erstmals 1767 bei Voss in Berlin erschienenen gesammelten Lustspielen mit den Werken "Der junge Gelehrte" "Die Juden" "Der Misogyn" "Der Freygeist" "Der Schatz" und "Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenstück" "Damon" "Die alte Jungfer". - Mit Exlibris auf dem festen Vorsatz. Mit altem handschr. Eintrag auf dem ersten weissen Blatt. Im Schnitt gebräunt. Zu Beginn und am Schluss etwas stockfleckig. Einbände berieben. unknown
17765145CB1776. Reuttlingen Joh. Georg Fleischhauer 1776. 8°. 214 S. 3 Bl. Inhalt. Mit Holzschnitt-Vignetten. Interimspappband d. Zt. mit hs. Rückentitel. = "Sammlung der poetischen und prosaischen Schriften der schönen Geister in Teutschland". Goedeke IV/1 350 45. - Enthält Lessings 1729-1781 Lieder erstes und zweytes Buch Oden Fabeln Sinngedichte und Fragmente. Beigebunden: Kleist Ewald Christian von: Sämtliche Werke. Erster und Zweyter Theil. Carlsruhe Christian Gottl. Schmieder 1776. XVI S. 1 Bl. 118 S.; 150 S. Nicht bei Goedeke. - Ewald von Kleists 1715-1759 Werke erster und zweyter Theil mit dem bekannten Gedicht "Der Frühling" das am Schluss auch in einer italienischen Version abgedruckt ist "La Primavera in versi sciolti". - Auf letztem fliegenden Blatt alter handschr. Text mit der Überschrift "Almanach der Philosophie auf 1783 p. 20. Kleist". Monogram auf vorderem Spiegel Einband etwas fleckig und berieben. unknown
1770H443Braunschweig / Berlin: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses / Christian Friedrich Voss 1770. First printing. Hardcover. Fair. First printings of two books bound together. 8vo 8 x 6.25 inches early or original half leather and patterned boards. Fair copy with ex-library marks wear and rubbing to binding rear board just about detached inch loss of leather to head of spine. Text of first volume tanned but free of marks but for embossed library stamp on title page of first volume second volume somewhat brighter. 8 189 1 pp; 8 87 1 pp 5 engraved plates plus elaborate engraved vignette on title page and engraved pictorial vignette as headpiece to p. 1 of text of second volume. Berengarius Turonensis is mainly in German with portions in German: Lessing examines the 11th-century theologian Berengar of Tours who challenged the orthodox doctrine of the real presence in the Eucharist. Lessing uses Berengar’s case to explore the limits of church authority and the tension between faith and reason essentially presenting Berengar as an early rational critic of dogma and a symbol of intellectual freedom within theology. “Wie die Alten den Tod gebildet†“How the Ancients Represented Death†1769 is an essay on classical art and symbolism. Lessing argues that the Greeks did not depict Death as a terrifying skeleton or monster but rather as a gentle sleeping youth—sometimes holding a torch turned downward—reflecting their view of death as peaceful rest rather than horror. The essay contrasts ancient serenity with modern fear and serves as a key example of Lessing’s aesthetic humanism. Both are rare in the trade and seldom come up for auction. Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses / Christian Friedrich Voss hardcover
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
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
1759114490Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voß. Good with no dust jacket. 1759. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter Leather spine only with grey marbled paper covered boards. Probably a later 18th/early 19th century rebind but retaining most of the original spine . Loss to the top of the spine and repaired to the bottom. Bumped corners. Title label in gothic lettering to spine. Copper engraved Frontispiece and Vignette engraving on the title page. A former owners name in old ink has been erased from the title but some traces remain. Pagination runs as follows : - Blank endpaper; Frontispiece and title page; blank reverse. I- XII 1-248pp then 250 followed by 249 = Pages in right order - pagination reversed. I presume therefore this is a 1st Edition 1st printing . Page fore-edges marbled but marbling very faded as it is on the paper to the boards. Internally very tight but with some light thumbing/marks and spotting/patching here and there - but overall quite clean and all legible. One small hole to the blank fore-edge of page 20 o/w NO major faults. Complete. The vignette and the allegorical frontispiece are by J. W. Meil. GERMAN Text throughout. See Images. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall . Christian Friedrich Voß hardcover
1787H244Berlin: Arnold Wever 1787. Hardcover. Very Good. In English: On the Purpose of Jesus and His Disciples Another Fragment of the anonymous Wolfenbüttel author 1784; Fragments of the anonymous Wolfenbüttel author an Appendix to the Fragment On the Purpose of Jesus and His Disciples 1784; Remaining Still Unpublished Works of the Wolfenbüttel Fragmentist. A Posthumous Paper by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Edited by C. A. E. Schmidt pseudonym for Johann Andreas Riem 1787. First volume is a “neue Auflage†second volume is a first printing third volume probably also a first printing; it does not list a publisher but most scholars think it was Wever who published this volume as well. 8vo old half vellum and patterned paper-covered boards 276 298 410 pp. Very good light soil and rubbing to binding minor ex-library marks with bookplates to pastedown blindstamp to title pages. Lessing died in 1781; these posthumously published 'fragments' are an outgrowth of the Wolfenbüttel controversy 1774–1778 which arose when Lessing serving as librarian at the ducal library in Wolfenbüttel published fragments from the late Hermann Samuel Reimarus’s unpublished manuscripts criticizing revealed religion and biblical miracles. Lessing issued these as the Wolfenbüttel Fragments arguing that open theological debate was vital for truth. The fragments’ rationalist deistic arguments—denying revelation and the divinity of Christ—provoked fierce opposition from Lutheran authorities particularly Pastor Johann Melchior Goeze of Hamburg. The dispute escalated into public pamphlet battles over faith reason and the limits of theological inquiry ending when the Duke forbade Lessing to write on religion. The controversy became a key moment in the German Enlightenment’s challenge to orthodox theology. These appear to be Lessing’s last word on the subject with an essay and notes by him plus further material from Reimarus’s manuscripts issued from beyond the grave. Arnold Wever hardcover
177715205Cont. hcalf raised bands gilt. Titlelabel gilt. Engraved frontisp. engraved titlevign. XII254 pp. On good paper clean. hardcover
178459870Berlin. 1784. 8vo. Samtidig rødt kartonasjebind. 2 298 s.8vo. Contemporary boards. 2 298 pp. Bey Arnold Wever Tysk. <br/><br/><em>Bindet med noe slitasje de første 20 sidene noe plettet siste sidene med svak fuktskjold.Binding somewhat rubbed and peeling foxing to first 20 pp. dampstain to the last 10 or so.Herman Samuel Reimarus 1694-1768 German philosopher and theologian. He began writing very late in life. Lessing published quite a few of his writings. </em> hardcover
176937043Stutgart: Johann Benedict Mezler 1769. Fourth edition. Very good condition; Only modest wear; Pages are clean with a touch of soiling. Staple bound and housed in 1/4 velum with marble paper over boards; 100 pages plus Contents; Fore anf foot edges untrimmed. Johann Benedict Mezler unknown
175421217Berlin: Voss 1754-1758. hardcover. stark abgenutzt. Ganzleder der Zeit erster Band resp. Pappband der Zeit bestossen und beschabt Rücken rissig Rückenschilder mit kleinen Fehlstellen Spuren eines entfernten Exlibris in Band 1 anfangs Einträge von alter Hand und ein kleiner alter Besitzstempel Druckfehlerverbesserungen in Bleistift nur wenig gebräunt und. Erste Ausgaben. Band 4 ist abweichend von der Angabe auf dem Titel erst 1959 erschienen. Mit dem handschriftlichen Besitzeintrag "Dr. B. Boisserée München 13.1.1841". Enthält im ersten Band den Brief von Moses Mendelssohn_über die Besprechung von Lessings Lustspiel 'Die Juden' durch J. D. Michaelis. Die ersten Bögen von Band 1 lt. Muncker im Druck 'b'. Der letzte Band - datiert 1758 - erschien tatsächlich erst zur Oster-Buch-Messe 1759. - Redlich p. 692 694 und 697 jew. ohne Hinweis auf die Inhaltsverzeichnisse am Ende. - Muncker p. 361f. 363f. 369 und 379 f. - Seifert 1181 danach stammen die noch von Muncker Lessing zugeschriebenen Übersetzungen von Riccoboni Trissino und Rucellai wahrscheinlich von J. T.Köhler - Meyer 382 b für Mendelssohn. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 21.06.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 06/21/2026. Voss hardcover
1779191197Berlin Germany: Christian Friedrich Voss 1779. Hardcover. VG rubbed leather to edges spine edges & corners. lower spine edges each have small tears. remains tightly bound. black leather boards w/ gilt trim & inlaid green marbled paper. leather & gilt spine w/ five raised bands & six gilt compartments. green marbled pastedowns & endpapers. all edges green. 240 pgs. A handsome edition. Foxing to opening and closing pages otherwise foxing appears fairly minimal throught with instances of specks and blotches. Pages remain bright with faint to light tanning text dark and detailed. Text in German. Christian Friedrich Voss hardcover
1778H645Wolfenbüttel i.e. Hamburg Braunschweig: Buchhandlung des Fürstl. Waisenhauses various - many without publisher information 1778. Hardcover. Good. Published 1777-1778. Octavo brown library cloth gilt stamped on spine various publications each with its own title page various paginations totalling about 500 pp. Good copy institutional marks including bookplate and due slip on endpapers small embossed blindstamp on first title page once or twice to text otherwise good clean copy. The central publications of the controversy that erupted when Lessing published 'fragments' of the work of Hermann Samuel Reimarus that attacked Lutheran orthodoxy and argued for a rational deism rejecting the theology of revelation. This led to an exchange of polemical pamphlets between Lessing and the principle defender of Lutheranism Johann Melchior Goeze a pastor from Hamburg. These culminated in Lessing's 11 'Anti-Goeze' tracts that contain the seeds of his thoughts regarding religion that became the foundation of 'Nathan the Wise.' The so-called Fragmentes Dispute is considered the most important theological controversy of the 18th century pitting Lessing's Enlightenment philosophy against Lutheran orthodoxy. Buchhandlung des Fürstl. Waisenhauses, various - many without publisher information hardcover
17921114Pesten Pest: Füskúti Landerer Mihály’ betűire 1792. First Hungarian edition. Woodcut device on title page and tail piece at end. In somewhat later green cloth with red title vignette on spine. Old double ownership stamp on title page and note in ink. Notes in ink on front endpaper. A light water stain to upper corner that effects the rear of the book. Overall in fine condition. First Hungarian edition. Woodcut device on title page and tail piece at end. In somewhat later green cloth with red title vignette on spine. 8 120 p. First Hungarian edition of Lessing’s 1767 comedy “Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück†Minna von Barnhelm or the Soldiers' Happiness.It was premiered in the same year in Hungary as the first Lessing play on stage in the country. Füskúti Landerer Mihály’ betűire unknown