Lazare

1851 · 42427 — New York: Fowlers & Wells 1851. First edition. Hardcover. g- to g. Octavo. xiii 263pp. 1 page of ads at the rear. Blue-grey buckram with blind stamped illustrations and designs on the covers and spine. Title in gilt on the spine. Illustrated dedication page. The fascinating publication espouses the author'spersonal philosophy and contains musing by Lazarus on human nature and comparisons of human behavior social organizations and psychology to the natural world specifically plants and animals. The book was supposed to be the first volume in a series but was the only one ever published. Includes the a fold-out chart created by the author to describe "The Course of Social Movements. Succession and Relation of its Four Phases and Thirty-Two Periods." The last page contains a list of other works by the author. Binding with some rubbing scratches and smudging. Interior with foxing throughout. Previous owner's book stamp at the interior front cover. Book block tight. Binding in good interior in good- condition overall. Marx Edgeworth Lazarus February 6 1822 – 1895 or 1896 was an American individualist anarchist and writer from Guntersville AL. He was an intellectual contributor to Fourierism and the Free Love movement of the 1850s. Fowlers & Wells hardcover