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1863188395Berlin.: A.W. Hayn. 1863. Contemporary quarter brown cloth over marbled boards paper spine label. Good plus covers moderately worn otherwise a very good copy untrimmed. 8vo. 22.5x14 cm. . German text. weight: 1.7 lb. A.W. Hayn. hardcover books
181828300Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1818 1818. Second edition considerably revised; the first was published in 1813. Edges a little worn; spines slightly faded; very good copy. 2 vols 8vo contemporary quarter paper spines marbled paper boards gilt lettering untrimmed. With half-titles. Between 1803 and 1805 Johanna Schopenhauer 1766-1838 traveled extensively with her family in England and Scotland. She is known today primarily as the mother of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860 but in her time she was a popular novelist and travel writer and she hosted a prominent literary salon in Weimar. This second edition was significantly reorganized with a new preface explaining the changes. In addition to descriptions of the great country houses Blenheim and Chatsworth among them landmarks the Tower of London Windsor Castle Hampton Court and cultural life in London particularly the theater Schopenhauer describes the industrial north coal mines a munitions factory a steel mill and offers her observations on industrialization and social conditions of the working families in the vein of Harriet Martineau. Bookplate of Bibliotheca Congregationis SS. Redemtoris on the front paste-downs and their small shelf label at the feet of the spines. <br/><br/> Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1818 hardcover books
1886140941121Boston: J.R. Osgood & Co 1886. First American edition. Near Fine. First American edition. xxxii 532; viii 496; viii 509 pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth with paper title labels. Light wear to title labels and slight darkening to spines traces of paper stuck to back board of Vol. 1 else Fine with contents bright and unmarked. A scarce set in truly excellent condition.<br /> <br /> A major work of 19th century philosophy and the author's magnum opus which he spent the remainder of his life revising and promoting. The title is generally translated The World as Will and Representation. Herein Schopenhauer maintains that life is a constant struggle and suffering the "heroic life project" that is doomed to fail. His call for realism and pessimism in the face of disaster to avoid sugar-coating reality makes this work always relevant and challenging. J.R. Osgood & Co unknown books
