Lessing, G(otthold) E(phraim)Biblio.com
59 résultats
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
17998-0-536Weimar, Hoffmannische Buchhandlung, 1799. 8°(20x12cm), Titelvignette, 54 S., neuerer Pappeinband
17861231649München, J. B. Strobl, 1786. 1 Bl., 368 S., 6 Bl. Mit 25 (statt 26) Kupfertafeln. Ppbd d. Zeit mit Rückenschild u. allseitigem Goldschnitt (Kanten beschabt, Gelenke gelockert, Titel u. letztes Bl. im Bund hinterlegt, 1 Tafel (= Titelkupfer?) fehlt, etwas braun- u. fingerfleckig).
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
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
177758806BBBerlin, bey Christian Friedrich Voss. 1777. Klein-8°. Frontispiz, Titel, XII, 254 S. Kalblederband der Zeit mit blindgeprägter Deckelfiletierung, goldgeprägtem Rückenschild, wenig Rückenvergoldung und Besitzermonogramm am unteren Kapital.
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. XII,254 pp. On good paper, clean.
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
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
1766601714 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque plein veau marbré, dos lisses ornés, toutes tranches marbrées,Chez Humblot, Paris, 1766, frontispice, xliv-408-ix pp. et 1 f. non chiffré ; xvi-455 pp. ; 2 ff., 400-ii pp. ; 2 ff., 399 pp.
176613066Paris, Humblot (Imprimerie de Quillaux), 1766 ; 4 tomes, in-12 ; plein veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièces de titre et de tomaison grenat, filet sur les coupes, tranches rouges cirées (reliure de l'époque) ; XLIV, 408, IX, (3) ; XVI, 455 ; (4), II, 400 ; (4), 399 pp., frontispice allégorique de Ch. Eisen gravé par De Longueil et 4 vignettes de titre par Watelet.
17853454A Paris, Junker, Durand, Couturier, 1785. 2 vol. in-8 de (6)-300-(2) pp. ; (4)-267-(1) pp., basane brune, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin brun (reliure de l'époque).
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
17854312A Paris, chez Junker, Durand, Couturier, 1785. 2 tomes en 1 vol. in-8 de (6)-300-(2) pp. ; (4)-267-(1) pp., demi-basane verte à petits coins de vélin, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque).
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
176662761Berlin, Christian Friedrich Voss, 1766. 8vo. An excellent copy in a late 19th century red half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Fore- and lower edge uncut. Upper edge coloured in red. Spine with a few scratches and a bit of wear. End-papers with annotations in pencil and remains of a removed book-plate. Internally in very nice condition, with light occassional brownspotting. (8), 298 pp.
