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LESSING, Gotthold EphraimBiblio.com

Zur Geschichte und Litteratur. Aus den Schatzen der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Wolfenbuttel. Erster Beytrag

Lessing, Gotthold EphraimBiblio.com

Nathan der Weise. Ein dramatische Gedicht in fünf aufzügen Nathan the Wise. A Dramatic Poem in Five Acts

177953771n.p.: n.p. 1779. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Small octavo. Collation: pi2 A-Q8 R6 S4 = 140 leaves. 4 276pp. Half dark brown cloth over marbled boards which simulate tree calf lightly worn with some slight abrasions to covers. Text lightly toned with intermittent mild foxing. Final five leaves partially detached from block but holding to hinge else a good complete copy. First edition published by subscription in May 1779. This is a copy of the first issue with no attempt at correction on p.95: i.e. "Ein reichre Mann" line 11 is followed by "Der reichre Jude war line 13. A towering figure of the eighteenth-century German Enlightenment Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781 produced two works one at the beginning of his literary career and one at the end each of which featured a Jew as a principal character. The one-act comedy Die Juden 1749 was one of Lessing's earliest literary ventures and was "the first time a Jew was presented on a the German stage in a reasonably objective manner" EJ. His last play Nathan the Wise 1779 is much better known and once again contains a plea for toleration. Lessing's inspiration for Nathan was his friend the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Nathan is here made the spokesperson for brotherhood tolerance and the love of humanity indeed all the noble aspirations of the Enlightenment. The play is set during the time of the Third Crusade ca. 1192 during an armistace in Jerusalem. "Based on the parable of the three rings adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron the play presents Judaism represented by Nathan Christianity a Templar knight and Islam Saladin the Turkish Sultan as three sons of a benevolent father who has given each an identical ring although each one claims that his ring alone is authentic" EJ. While the vision here presented of inter-religious amity was ridiculed by the likes of Julius von Voss Der travestierte Nathan der Weise 1804 and attacked by various anti-Semites Lessing's ideals found much support among German Jews such as Gabriel Riesser I. H. Ritter Berthold Auerback Emil Lehmann and Johann Jacoby. Indeed Lessing's "ideological and stylistic influence on the Haskalah was as decisive as that of Friedrich Schiller" EJ. "Lessing was born in Saxony the son of a pastor and after a brilliant career at school entered the University of Leipzig as a theology student. Here however the two interests literature and the theatre which were to dominate his life first discovered themselves. Yet perhaps Lessing is best judged by the sum of his achievement. He was one of the principal figures in the Aufklärung the emancipation of German literature from the narrow classicism of the French school. It was he more than any other who laid the foundation of the intellectual primacy of German writers and thinkers in the nineteenth century. Without attching himself to any special philosophical school he consistently opposed error and dogmatism and in art in poetry in drama and in religion he provided new stimulation." PMM pp. 128-129. References: J. Carter & P. H. Muir eds. Printing and the Mind of Man pp.128-129. K. Lachmann Gotthold Ephraim Lessings sämtliche Schriften 1919 vol. 22 part 2 pp. 458-459: this ed. noted as "subskriptionsausg. Mai 1779". VD18 11831499. [n.p.] hardcover

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LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIMBiblio.com

Lustspiele. 2 Theile. Der junge Gelehrte. Die Juden. Der Misogyn. Der Freygeist. Der Schatz. Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück.

176728757Bln. Voss 1767. Two nice cont. uniform full calf w. five raised bands on backs coloured title- and tome-labels and richly gilt backs. Traces of use especially to the bands. Some gilding and part of title-label on vol. one worn off. Internally a bit of soiling but a good copy on good paper. Old owner's name on t-p. M. Harboe. Woodcut title-pages and vignettes. First edition of Lessing's first collection of "Lustspiele" containing the first printing of "Minna von Barnhelm".Lessing 1729-1781 is the most important literary writer of the Age of German Enlightenment; with him this period is fulfilled as well as overcome."Minna von Barnhelm" is one of Lessing's most important and successfull works and is considered one of the absolute best of his plays. "Es war die erste deutsche Dramatische Dichtung welche nicht gemacht sondern erlebt war." Hettner Geschichte der deutschen Literatur im 18. Jahrh. II: 310. Lessing himself wrote in a letter that should "Minna of Barnhelm" not turn out to be the very best of his plays he would be very disappointed and never have anything to do with the theatre again. " "Minna von Barnhelm" ist unbedingt die vollendeste dichterische Leistung Lessings." Hettner II: 310. Goethe also considered this work a masterpiece; he found it the most sincere thing to have come out of the Seven Years War and a work of immense importance and impact. With this work we find the genres of drama and comedy fulfilled."Nach ein paar Wanderjahren kehrte er nach Berlin zurück wo 1766 un 1767 zwei seiner Meisterwerke erschienen: der "Laokoon" und das Lustspiel "Minna von Barnhelm". Bücher die die Welt verändern # 213. See PMM 213.Has belonged to Th.E. Petersen and M. Harboe. hardcover

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LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIMBiblio.com

Laokoon oder uber die grenzen der mahleren und poesie. Vol. 1 All published. - SEMINAL WORK IN ART THEORY - PMM 213

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. First edition of Lessingâ€™s landmark work in the history of art theory. In Laokoon Lessing argues that each art form operates within its own distinct boundaries that the principles of poetry cannot be applied to sculpture or painting and vice versa. Lessingâ€™s Laokoon was written as a response to Johann Winckelmann's â€Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthumsâ€ 1764. Lessing challenges Winckelmannâ€™s interpretation of the famous Laocoon statue arguing that Winckelmann portrays the figureâ€™s suffering as too noble and composed - an expression suitable for poetry but not for sculpture whose medium cannot convey inner emotion in the same way. â€œLaokoon is perhaps Lessingâ€™s best known work outside Germany and it has had a world-wide influence. It takes its name from the famous statue discovered at Rome in the sixteenth century. It analyses the differences between the sculptorâ€™s treatment of Laocoon wrestling with the serpents and Virgilâ€™s treatment of the same theme and from there goes 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 and self-restriction to its proper function. The most telling passages and those which have borne most fruit are those on poetry. Lessing knew more about this than about painting and sculpture for which he was entirely dependent on Winckelmann 210. His exposition of the themes of Homer and Sophocles is especially effective and he opened up a new prospect in the appreciation of Greek literature. Yet perhaps Lessing is best judged by the sum of his achievement. He was one of the principal figures in the AufklÃ¤rung the emancipation of German literature from the narrow classicism of the French school. It was he more than any other who laid the foundations of the intellectual primacy of German writers and thinkers in the nineteenth century a debt which they were not slow to acknowledge. Without attaching himself to any special philosophical school he consistently opposed error and dogmatism and in art in poetry in drama and in religion he provided new stimulation. In the words of Macaulay he was â€˜beyond all dispute the first critic of Europeâ€™.â€ PMM 213 PMM 213 hardcover

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