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63059217Springer pp. 476 . Hardback. New. Springer hardcover
186810557Halifax: William Nicholson & Sons 1868. Second-hand hardcover. <p>'An Experienced Cook'. Every Family's Cookery Book. William Nicholson & Sons: Halifax 1868. 8vo 150x90mm green buckram gilt spine 416pp 10 engraved plates. Recased new eps some offset toning sm rep tear to pps1-5;</p> <p><br /> 'An Experienced Cook'<br /> <br /> Every Family's Cookery Book; or plain and practical directions for properly preparing cooking and serving-up all sorts of provisions comprising meats poultry fish game and vegetable food. Also soups gravies sauces pies puddings pastry sweet dishes sweetmeats cakes bread wines ale beer porter pickles &c. &c. &c. Directions for carving. The choosing and buying of fish flesh and fowl. <br /> <br /> Halifax : William Nicholson & Sons and London : S D Ewins Jr & Co 1868. Second impression¹ first published 1864.<br /> <br /> Octavo 150x90mm green buckram boards gilt lettered and decorated spine new end-papers 416pp : A⸠B-Zâ¸. Engraved frontispiece and title page ten in-text engraved plates of carving; numerous in-text wood block engraved vignettes. Professionally and sympathetically recased; mid-twentieth century; bookseller ticket "John Lyle Bookseller Harpford Sidmouth Devon" to front pastedown; edges trifle dusty and faintly age-toned; a few folded corners; small closed 1cm edge tear to pps 1-5; pps 31 152 and 207 lightly offset toned from a laid-in newspaper clipping; faint occasional foxing not affecting the text.<br /> <br /> There is a chapter on eels one for savoury pies and a goodly number of receipts for black and white puddings and other economical British pork charcuterie  Contemporaneous with the first edition of Isabella Beeton's The Book of Household Management but more reflective of Northern British and country cooking.<br /> <br /> A good copy of a very scarce mid-Victorian cookery book for the moderate middle-class kitchens of West Yorkshire.<br /> <br /> § This edition unrecorded; OCLC records one holding 1864 edition University of Leeds<br /> <br /> ¹ Presumably. The text of the University of Leeds digital copy is exactly the same save the imprint/publisher statement at the foot of the title page is different. <br /> <br /> </p> William Nicholson & Sons unknown
1940DEMO014799IMiddlebury VT: Middlebury College Press 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Edw. Sanborn map endpapers. 8vo 91 pages woodsy brown boards; woodsy brown dj. <br/><br/>And a Check List of Thoreau Items in the Abernethy Library of Middlebury College compiled by Viola C. White. Borst C29. There were 600 copies printed. Also includes a previously unpublished college essay by Henry David Thoreau. BAL 20156. Illustrated by Edward Sanborn and with map endpapers. Middlebury College Press hardcover
198218373<p>La Jolla :: McGilvery/Atticus Books 1982. 0910938903. A Fine copy in red cloth boards with a Fine dust jacket.</p> McGilvery/Atticus Books, hardcover
1886312762Charleston South Carolina 1886. 120 vintage albumen prints 4-3/4 x 8 inches with one measuring 7-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches mounted to stiff card album leaves most captioned in ink in a contemporary hand with an additional albumen print 4-3/4 x 8 inches mounted on card heavily worn with loss stamped "Geo. L.G. Cook photographer 265 King Street Charleston S.C.". Folio 12-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches. Contemporary black morocco gilt titled in gilt on front cover "The Charleston Earthquake / August 31st. 1886 / Francis W. Dawson. Spine perished but album intact extremities worn fading to some images occasional foxing to mounts and images. 120 vintage albumen prints 4-3/4 x 8 inches with one measuring 7-1/4 x 8-3/4 inches mounted to stiff card album leaves most captioned in ink in a contemporary hand with an additional albumen print 4-3/4 x 8 inches mounted on card heavily worn with loss stamped "Geo. L.G. Cook photographer 265 King Street Charleston S.C.". Folio 12-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches. An album of 120 vintage albumen photographs showing the devastation to the city of Charleston South Carolina following the earthquake of August 31 1886. Estimated to have reached a magnitude of between 6.6 and 7.3 on the Richter scale the earthquake left 60 people dead and caused substantial property damage to nearly every structure in the city. Felt as far away as Chicago and Cuba the Charleston earthquake remains the strongest recorded earthquakes on the east coast of the United States.<br /> <br /> The photographs collected in this album were taken by various Charleston photographers in the aftermath of the earthquake and document extensive property damage soil liquefaction sink holes and fissures ruptured rail lines and overturned train cars and the tent camps erected to house the newly homeless. "At least forty thousand people were 'tenting' in Charleston by September 3" Williams & Hoffius p. 53. A particular focus is placed on the damage sustained by the many Charleston churches and grand private residences. The photographers include George La Grange Cook 1849-1919 son of the prominent Civil War photographer George S. Cook 1819-1902. Cook's earthquake photographs were popular souvenir items and he offered some 200 images in his series "Cook's Earthquake Views of Charleston and Vicinity." Other identified photographers include the Irish-born James A. Palmer 1825-1896 who specialized in views of southern blacks and the English-born William E. Wilson d. 1905 who specialized in documentary photography of Mobile and Savannah. Photographs of the destruction - along with vials of "earthquake sand" - were popular souvenirs among the waves of "disaster tourists" who began arriving shortly after the earthquake to view the ruined city.<br /> <br /> This album belonged to the English-born Francis W. Dawson 1841-1889 who in 1862 emigrated to the South to fight for the Confederacy. At the time of the earthquake Dawson was co-owner and editor of the Charleston News and Courier a photograph of the paper's damaged office is included in the album and was the city's most prominent private citizen. Despite his earlier support for the Confederacy Dawson used his influential position to urge racial tolerance and support for Reconstruction. Dawson was appointed a member of the Executive Relief Committee formed in the aftermath of the earthquake and was instrumental in spearheading and supporting the rebuilding of the city. His newspaper urged optimism and resilience in the face of mounting racial tension and the ever-present fear of another cataclysmic natural event. "Almost single-handedly Dawson was attempting to prod his fellow citizens to buck up and rebuild their city" ibid p. 93<br /> <br /> Produced between 1886 and the time of Dawson's sensational murder in 1889 the album may have been presented to Dawson as a tribute for his efforts in the rebuilding of the city. The first photograph in the album shows Dawson's home at 99 Bull Street with Dawson and family sitting on their new front porch rebuilt after its destruction during the earthquake. To the left of the family is Hélène Burdayron the Swiss au pair who was at the center of a dispute that lead to Dawson's murder. Williams & Hoffius Upheaval in Charleston 2011; Roxana Robinson "The Strange Career of Frank Dawson" The New York Times 20 March 2012 unknown
32792Couverture rigide. Bon/1981. in-4. Washington National Academy Press 1981 in-4 735pp reliure éditeur jaquette Très bel exemplaire! unknown
1024372111.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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191950431London: Bickers & Son 1919. 8vo x 404 pp. Frontispiece Banstead School prize label to paste down. Contemporary maroon morocco a.e.g. spine with slight sunning and rubbing to ends. London: Bickers & Son unknown
1773310853London: Printed for Stanfield Parkinson 1773. First edition with the very rare "Explanatory Remarks" by Fothergill and postscript. Complete with frontispiece and 27 engraved plates including 1 map. xxiv 22 212 2 pp. Imperial 4to. Contemporary tree calf finely rebacked with gilt spine to period style. Fine. First edition with the very rare "Explanatory Remarks" by Fothergill and postscript. Complete with frontispiece and 27 engraved plates including 1 map. xxiv 22 212 2 pp. Imperial 4to. First edition of this important account of Cook's first voyage based on the journal of Parkinson who had been engaged by Sir Joseph Banks to serve as natural history draughtsman aboard the Endeavour. Parkinson died of dysentery on the homeward voyage and his account was transcribed and published by his brother Stanfield Parkinson who was forced by injunction to delay publication until Hawkesworth's official account appeared. "Parkinson made numerous drawings of botanical and other subjects including landscapes and portraits of native chiefs . Banks spoke highly of his 'unbounded industry' in making for him a much larger collection of drawings than he anticipated. His observations too were valuable and the vocabularies of South Sea languages given in his journal are of great interest" Hill. <br /> <br /> This copy includes the rare "Explanatory Remarks" by John Fothergill a Parkinson family friend who mediated an agreement between Stanfield Parkinson and Banks both of whom laid claim to the journal which would allow for the publication of the book. When Stanfield Parkinson included a scurrilous preface attacking Banks and misrepresenting his actions an offended Fothergill purchased the remaining copies inserting into them these 22 pages of remarks which sought to set the record straight. In 1784 he brought out a new edition of Parkinson's account which included the remarks but copies of the first edition which include them are scarce on the market. Beddie 712; Hill 1308; Holmes 7; Howgego C173; Du Rietz 944; Sabin 58787 Printed for Stanfield Parkinson unknown
1783310851Hartford: Nathaniel Pattern 1783. First edition lacking the map as in almost all copies. 208 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep over boards finely rebacked with period spine to style. Highest quality conservation repairs to edges of first four leaves of text and to corner margins on last two leaves. Very good copy in a handsome binding. First edition lacking the map as in almost all copies. 208 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rare. "This is not only the first American book on the Northwest Coast but also the first American book on Hawaii" Streeter. <br /> <br /> Ledyard is distinguished in many respects he was the only American to sail on Cook's third voyage which explored Alaska and discovered Hawaii. He was also in the boat that carried Cook ashore on the morning of his death. Indeed this work contains a detailed account of Cook's death "distinguished by its evident authority" Hill.<br /> The purpose of Cook's third voyage was twofold. Ostensibly it was to return Omai to his homeland in French Polynesia but the main purpose was to search for the Northwest Passage. The Resolution and Discovery departed Plymouth in 1776 and made their way via the Cape to New Zealand and Tahiti. It was from there that Cook discovered Hawaii which he regarded as his greatest achievement. The boats then proceeded to the Pacific Northwest and commenced their search for a route to the Atlantic. They returned to Hawaii for the winter of 1778-9. Their initial warm welcome soon wore off and tensions between the Hawaiians and the British resulted in Cook being killed on the shore of Kealakekua Bay on February 14 1779. Charles Clerke assumed command of the expedition and proceeded north once again to pursue the voyage's objective. The two ships returned to England in 1780.<br /> A Connecticut native after the voyage Ledyard remained in England until 1782 when he was posted to the North American station - the Revolutionary War was ongoing. He promptly deserted and returned to Hartford where this account was published. This work preceded Rickman's by a matter of months though in fact Ledyard made "liberal use of the first English edition of Rickman's account in his own narrative" Hill. This is not to deride Ledyard unnecessarily; in addition to his account of Cook's death his keen observations on the fur trade in the Pacific northwest are of great value.<br /> <br /> Ledyard's account is one of the rarest works on Cook's third's voyage and Hill confirms that "only a few copies still have the map." It was wanting in both the Streeter and Brooke-Hitching copies. Beddie 1603; Evans 17998; Sabin 39691; Forbes 52; Hill 991; Howes L-181 "d"; Lada-Mocarski 36; Smith 5797; Streeter Sale VI:3477 Nathaniel Pattern unknown
1785310841London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1785. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Modern calf over marbled paper boards. Occasional foxing and minor offset a very clean copy. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Third edition of this chronicle of important English south-seas expeditions including Cook's monumental first voyage which is covered in volumes 2-4. The aim of Cook's first voyage was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus; having done so Cook left Tahiti and discovered the Society Islands explored New Zealand at great length as well as the eastern coast of Australia which he charted for 2000 miles and named New South Wales. The expedition lasted from 1768-1771 and resulted in the annexation of both Australia and New Zealand by Britain won Cook fame and led to his two subsequent voyages. Beddie 665; ESTC T165111 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown
1782310848London: G. Robinson J. Sewell and J. Debrett 1782. First edition. Engraved folding map and 21 engraved plates. x 358 2 pp; 6 347 pp. Half-title volume 1 instructions to binder at end of volume 1. 2 vols. 8vo. Modern morocco. Faint foxing occasional toning neat repair to bound edge of title and half title a few small neat repairs to folding map with small tape ghost to bottom edge of same some mostly marginal worming at middle of vol 2 very good. First edition. Engraved folding map and 21 engraved plates. x 358 2 pp; 6 347 pp. Half-title volume 1 instructions to binder at end of volume 1. 2 vols. 8vo. First edition of this account of Cook's final voyage. "Ellis was a surgeon's mate during Cook's third voyage first on the Discovery and later on the Resoultion and gives quite a good history of this expedition. This account was published two years before the official narrative . It appears that needing money Ellis sold his narrative to a bookseller for fifty guineas. The fine plates are among the earliest published on the Hawaiian Islands Alaska and the Northwest" Hill. The plates include eight of Hawaii two of Alaska and three of the Northwest Coast. Beddie 1599; Forbes 41; Hill 555; Howes E-122; Sabin 22333 G. Robinson, J. Sewell, and J. Debrett unknown
1893014676London: Elliot Stock 1893. Book measures 27x20.cm. lvi 400pp portrait frontis 6 maps 2 facsimiles 2 plates LACKING ONE MAP FROM POCKET . Bound in original publishers green cloth with gilt lines and lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed abrasion wear on edges corners. Generally binding in good clean condition. Internally hinge joints starting to split slightly loose some spotting browning. Pages and maps in good clean condition. A good copy. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Small Quarto. Elliot Stock Hardcover
1893311005London: Elliot Stock 1893. First Wharton edition. Frontispiece portrait 4 folding map and charts 4 plates including two manuscript facsimiles 3 folding maps in pocket at rear as issued. lvi 400 pp. 4to. Publisher's green cloth spine lettered gilt facsimile signature of Cook in gilt to upper cover. Some soiling to boards hinges cracked leaves toned title page working loose very good. First Wharton edition. Frontispiece portrait 4 folding map and charts 4 plates including two manuscript facsimiles 3 folding maps in pocket at rear as issued. lvi 400 pp. 4to. Beddie 683. Provenance: W.K. Bixby bookplate; Missouri Historical Society presentation stamp from Bixby and a few other discrete stamps; bookplate Elliot Stock unknown
1784318236London: Printed and Sold by J.Jackson and J. Dodsley 1784. Fourth Edition. 25 pp. 4to. Modern brown buckram. Fourth Edition. 25 pp. 4to. Signed "Anna Seward" at the bottom of the last page. Seward was known as the Swan of Litchfield. She remained single and recently scholars have argued she was a lesbian. ESTC T95493 Printed and Sold by J.Jackson and J. Dodsley unknown
1781310852Dublin: Price Whitestone Chamberlain et al. 1781. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked to style marbled endpapers. Occasional spotting and dustsoiling better than very good. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first Dublin edition of the first full account in English of Cook's third and final voyage. Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. "It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784" Forbes. Howes R-276 "aa"; Forbes 36; Wickersham 6555a; Davidson p 64; Kroepelien 1078; Beddie 1608 Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al. unknown
1988314557New Haven & London: Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press 1988. First American Edition. Illustrated. xv 247; xiii 274; xxi 233; 235-669 pp. 4 vols. Folio. Brown cloth. Fine in fine dustjackets. First American Edition. Illustrated. xv 247; xiii 274; xxi 233; 235-669 pp. 4 vols. Folio. "Captain James Cook's three voyages of exploration to the Pacific between 1768 and 1780 were the first of the great European voyages of discovery to carry professional artists. The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages contains all the known drawings and paintings done for these voyages as well as a fascinating narrative and explanatory text by Bernard Smith and Rudiger Joppien. Volume III describing Cook's final voyages is of particular interest for its descriptions of the Pacific Northwest of America as well as Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press unknown
190023861New York: Doubleday & McClure 1900. First Pyle Edition. Decorated by Howard Pyle. 1 vols. 4to. Original cloth faded unevenly on front cover. First Pyle Edition. Decorated by Howard Pyle. 1 vols. 4to. This copy has the ownership signature of Arctic Explorer "Frederick A. Cook 1900" on the title-page. Doubleday & McClure unknown
238712London Printed for Alex Hogg 1784-86. Folio 385 x 235 mm. 655 5 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait 1 folding engraved map and 155 engraved plates maps and views. Portrait title preface folding map and the last two pages with neatly repaired marginal tears. A few plates and pages with minor marginal waterstaining. 1 plate with tear in lower margin. Finely bound in modern half morocco with red leather label and six raised bands Baythun Bath. . hardcover
H1010Brünn gedruckt bei Joseph Georg Traßler und im Verlage Fr. Anton Schrämbl 1788 S. 194/195 196 Dalrymple. Die Bände 2 und 4 liegen ebenfalls bei. Interimspappband der Zeit mit handschriftlichem Rückentitel. Bestoßen und etwas berieben und gebräunt. St. und Name auf Titel. Text braunfleckig. "Die Engländer haben von jeher große Neigung zum Reisen gehabt wozu ihnen das Vermögen welches sie gemeiniglich besitzen die besten Mittel an die Hand giebt. Viele derselben sind durch ihre davon herausgegebnen Nachrichten in der Gelehrtengeschichte merkwürdig. Pennant dessen Zoologie wir bereits angeführt hat sich durch Reisen ins Innere des Landes nämlich durch Wales und Schottland verdient gemacht. In diese Klasse gehört auch Young. Von des Hrn. Banks und D. Solanders Reisen um die Welt ist schon geredet. Der größte Reisenden den die Welt je gesehen ist der kürzlich ums Leben gekommene Kapitän Cook welcher nachdem er zweimal die Welt glücklich umsegelt war und die wichtigsten Entdeckungen in Gesellschaft des Hrn. Banks Solander und beider Hrn. Forster gemacht hatte endlich bei der dritten Fahrt als er den gefährlichsten Theil der Reisen bereits vollendet hatte unglücklicher Weise seinen Tod bei einer wilden Nazion fand… Alexander Dalrymple der auch eine Sammlung aller Reisen in die Südsee gemacht ist wegen seiner Bemühungen eine Kolonie in Ostindien anzulegen bekannt. Ehe wir diese Nachrichten vom jetzigen Zustande der englischen Gelehrsamkeit schliessen müssen wir noch der königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu London gedenken… Diese berühmte gelehrte Gesellschaft ist die älteste und gleichsam die Mutter aller übrigen die in andern Ländern nach ihrem Muster eingerichtet worden. Sie entstand bereits 1645 ward aber erst 1663 von dem Könige privilegirt und inkorporirt. Ihre Schriften welche unter dem Titel Transactions herauskommen machen bereits ein aus fast 70 Bänden in 4° bestehendes kostbares Werk wovon man deswegen einen Nachdruck zu Wittenberg angefangen der aber wieder ins Stecken gerathen ist. Man hat die medizinischen praktischen und chirurgischen Artikel zu Lübek und die zur Naturgeschichte zu Leipzig beide unter Hrn. Prof. Leske Aufsicht daraus zu sammeln und zu übersetzen angefangen. Der König ist allezeit Obervorsteher derselben. Der jetzige Präsident ist Joseph Banks und der Sekretär Planta. unknown
321096Germany Early 19th century. Red pen-and-ink drawing by Buchler after the engraving Man of Kamtschatka from Cook's third voyage on laid paper. Titled and signed below the image. 23 x 18 1/2 inches. Hard horizontal crease through the image edge tears. Red pen-and-ink drawing by Buchler after the engraving Man of Kamtschatka from Cook's third voyage on laid paper. Titled and signed below the image. 23 x 18 1/2 inches. unknown
321098Germany Early 19th century. Red pen-and-ink drawing by Buchler after the engraving A Woman of Nootka Sound from Cook's third voyage on paper board. Titled and signed below the image. 21 x 16 inches. Chipped in left margin with some loss tear into the image. Red pen-and-ink drawing by Buchler after the engraving A Woman of Nootka Sound from Cook's third voyage on paper board. Titled and signed below the image. 21 x 16 inches. unknown
H177Leipzig in der Weygandschen Buchhandlung 12. St¸ck. Dezember 1784 S. 532-534. Neuerer marmorierter Pappband im Stil der Zeit mit goldgepr‰gtem R¸ckenschild. Text teils etwas stockfleckig und gebr‰unt Titel angestaubt und mit Feuchtrand in der unteren Ecke. "Im Monthly Review for June 1784 wird die neue mit ausnehmender Pracht gedruckte mit vielen Karten und Kupfern gezierte Beschreibung der letztern in den Jahren 1776-1780 von den Kapitainen Cook Clerke und Gore um die Welt gethanen Reise angezeigt ihr Preis zu 4 Pf. 14 Sch. St. angegeben und dabei bemerkt dafl am dritten Tage nach der Erscheinung dieses Werks kein einziges Exemplar von demselben mehr in den Buchl‰den zu finden gewesen und wie der Rezensent gewifl wisse sechs sieben acht sogar zehn Guinees daf¸r geboten sei. Diese Reisebeschreibung ist allerdings ein sehr interessantes Werk f¸r Engl‰nder; genau genommen w‰re es solches aber doch nur f¸r einzelne Klassen n‰mlich diejenigen welche Schiffarth Naturgeschichte Erd- und Menschen kunde intereflirt. Dieser ausserordentliche Absaz beweiflt indefl dafl es unter den Reichen und Wohlhabenden Viele gibt welche Vergn¸gen daran finden durch diese Art Kentnisse sich zu unterrichten und denen dies Vergn¸gen f¸r einen gewifl auch vielen Britten theuren Preis nicht zu kostbar ist! Die Auflage dieses Werks ist wenigstens 2000 Exemplare gewesen; es sind also durch ein einziges Buch binnen drei Tagen ¸ber 50000 Thaler in Umlauf gekommen. "Ich will annehmen dafl Deutschland sechsmal weniger Geld als England habe ein Thaler uns so viel als dem Britten ein Pfund sei und frage: l‰flt sich bei uns ein Werk von so allgemeinem Interesse denken es sei in welchem Fache es wolle dessen Preis aber zwischen 4 und 5 Thaler w‰re von dem in drei Tagen 2000 Exemplare abgesezt werden kˆnten - Ich glaube kein Kenner unsers lesenden Publikums wird diese Frage mit Ja zu beantworten wagen. Mˆgen immer die Ersten unsrer Nazion sich vereinen ein Werk vom allgemeinanziehendsten Inhalt hervorzubringen dessen Preis aber der bemerkte ist man wird es lesen loben rezensiren kritisiren und Alles in der Welt damit anfangen - nur nicht so kaufen dafl von 2000 Exemplaren nicht nach dreiflig Tagen noch eine ganz ansehnliche Menge zu haben sein solte. Die meisten Bewunderer des Meisterst¸cks werden sich begn¸gen es von den wenigen Besizern zu leihen oder einen schmuzigen Nachdruck mit filzig verhudelten Kupfern zu erwarten. - Was macht diesen Unterschied - Nicht unsere Armut denn der Fall ist schon darnach adaptirt. Wir sind in der That nicht wie ich angenommen sechsmal ‰rmer als die Britten und dann um den Calcul recht zu machen darf man auch nicht vergessen dafl Wir 30 und die drei brittischen Reiche nur 11 Millionen Menschen haben dafl also unter uns auch dreimal mehr Freunde der Musen sein m¸flten wenn wir gleich sein wollen. - Die einzige wahre Ursache also ist: Unser weniges Interesse f¸r Wissenschaften und Litteratur - unsere K‰lte und Stumpfheit f¸r alles Grosse und Edle - unsere - bei allem Preisen von Aufkl‰rung - Barbarei! Und hiebei ist wol zu merken dafl bei weitem die grˆssere Aufkl‰rung und Litteraturliebe unter dem sogenanten Mittelstande den verh‰ltniflm‰flig Aermern sich finde. Gerade unter unfern Reichen und Grossen eben die Klasse welche in England so gelehrt und hell ist stecken die Leute welche in behaglicher stolzdummer Ruhe von Wissenschaften gar nichts wissen und erst wenn ihnen die Luftb‰lle ¸ber die Kˆpfe schwirren erfahren dafl es eine Physik gibt; und eben unter ihnen sind auch jene Meisten welche die herrlichsten Produkte des menschlichen Geistes nur lesen wenn sie ihnen geliehen oder im Nachdruck um einige Kreuzer zu haben sind. Noch neulich hˆrte ich in einem Buchladen wie ein deutscher Regent die ganze Folge der Karlsruher Nachdr¸cke bestellte - wegen ihres wohlfeilen Preises. Denn Ihro Durchlaucht gebrauchten ihr Geld besser als dafl Sie f¸r die Originaledizionen es wegwerfen solten! unknown
