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1911Two pages autograph letter bifolio. Signed as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Dated in Leipzig on 25 January 1846. A few nicks a tiny tear at folding with no effect on text traces of mount on integral blank. Otherwise in fine condition. Two pages autograph letter bifolio. Signed as Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Dated in Leipzig on 25 January 1846. <p><br /> Mendelssohn’s signed autograph letter to Jenny Lind the Swedish Nightingale.<br /> <p><p><br /> In this signed letter to the renowned Swedish soprano Jenny Lind Mendelssohn introduces two acquaintances—Friedrich Wieck Clara Schumann’s father and Mr. Böhm a singing teacher from Leipzig—who were coming to Weimar to hear Lind sing. Both sought her assistance to attend a rehearsal and a concert believing that a word from her could make this possible.<br /> <p><p><br /> Mendelssohn expresses regret at missing Lind during her recent visit to Leipzig and hopes she might extend her stay there writing that it would be “the most delightful thing … that you could do for us.†This letter does not appear in Memoir of Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt London; New York 1891.<br /> <p><p><br /> Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847 and Jenny Lind 1820–1887 met in October 1844 and collaborated until his early death. Mendelssohn began an opera Lorelei for Lind and tailored the aria “Hear Ye Israel†in Elijah for her although she did not perform it until after his death.<br /> <p><p><br /> Mendelssohn one of the early Romantic era’s greatest musical prodigies admired Lind who was known as the “Swedish Nightingale†and held in high esteem by composers like Hector Berlioz and Robert Schumann.<br /> <p>. unknown
178945724Breslau Gottl. Löwe 1789 8vo. Very beautiful contemporary red full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt green leather title-label to richly gilt spine. elaborate gilt borders to boards inside which a "frame" made up of gilt dots with giltcorner-ornamentations. Edges of boards gilt and inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Minor light brownspotting. Marginal staining to the last leaves. Engraved frontispiece-portrait of Spinoza engraved title-vignette double-portrait of Lessing and Mendelssohn engraved end-vignette portrait of Jacobi. Frontispiece title-page LI 1 -errata 440 pp. Magnificent copy. <br/><br/><em>First edition thus being the seminal second edition the "neue vermehrte Auflage" new and expanded edition which has the hugely important 180 pp. of "Beylage" for the first time which include the first translation into any language of any part of Giordano Bruno's "de Uno et Causa." pp. 261-306 as well as several other pieces of great importance to the "Pantheismusstreit" and to the interpretation of the philosophy of Spinoza and Leibniz here for the first time in print. The present translation of Bruno seems to be the earliest translation of any of Bruno's works into German and one of the earliest translations of Bruno at all - as far as we can establish the second only preceded by an 18th century translation into English of "Spaccio della bestia trionfante". It is with the present edition of Jacobi's work that the interest in Bruno is founded and with which Bruno is properly introduced to the modern world. Jacobi not only provides what is supposedly the second earliest translation of any of Bruno's works ever to appear he also establishes the great influence that Bruno had on two of our greatest thinkers Spinoza and Leibnitz. It is now generally accepted that Spinoza founds his ethical thought upon Bruno and that Lebnitz has taken his concept of the "Monads" from him. It is Jacobi who with the second edition of his "Letters on Spinoza." for the first time ever puts Bruno where he belongs and establishes his position as one of the key figures of modern philosophy and thought. Bruno's works the first editions of which are all of the utmost scarcity were not reprinted in their time and new editions of them did not begin appearing until the 19th century. For three centuries his works had been hidden away in libraries where only few people had access to them. Thus as important as his teachings were thinkers of the ages to come were largely reliant on more or less reliable renderings and reproductions of his thoughts. As Jacobi states in the preface to the second edition of his "Letters on Spinoza." "There appears in this new edition under the title of Appendices "Beylage" different essays of which I will here first give an account. The first Appendix is an excerpt from the extremely rare book "De la causa principio et Uno" by Jordan Bruno. This strange man was born one knows not in which year in Nola in the Kingdom of Naples; and died on February 17th 1600 in Rome on the stake. With great diligence Brucker has been gathering information on him but in spite of that has only been able to deliver fragments not in translation. For a long time his works were partly neglected due to their obscurity partly not respected due to the prejudice against the new opinions and thoughts expressed in them and partly loathed and suppressed due to the dangerous teachings they could contain. On these grounds the current scarcity of his works is easily understood. Brucker could only get to see the work "De Minimo" La Croce only had the book "De Immenso et Innumerabilibus" in front of him or at least he only provides excerpts from this also not in translation as Heumann does only from the "Physical Theorems" also small fragments not in translation; also Bayle had of Bruno's metaphysical works himself also merely read this work of which I here provide an excerpt." Vorrede pp. VII-VIII - own translation from the German. Jacobi continues by stating that although everyone complains about the obscurity of Bruno's teachings and thoughts some of the greatest thinkers such as Gassendi Descartes "and our own Leibnitz" p. IX have taken important parts of their theorems and teachings from him. "I will not discuss this further and will merely state as to the great obscurity "grossen Dunkelheit" of which people accuse Bruno that I have found this in neither his book "de la Causa" nor in "De l'Infinito Universo et Mondi" of which I will speak implicitly on another occasion. As to the first book my readers will be able to judge for themselves from the sample "Probe" that I here present. My excerpt can have become a bit more comprehensible due to the fact that I have only presented the System of Bruno himself the "Philosophia Nolana" which he himself calls it in its continuity. My main purpose with this excerpt is by uniting Bruno with Spinoza at the same time to show and explain the "Summa of Philosophy" "Summa der Philosophie" of "En kai Pan" in Greek characters - meaning "One and All". . It is very difficult to outline "Pantheism" in its broader sense more purely and more beautifully than Bruno has done." Vorrede pp. IX-XI - own translation from the German. So not only does Jacobi here provide this groundbreaking piece of Bruno's philosophy in the first translation ever and not only does he provide one of the most important interpretations of Spinoza's philosophy and establishes the importance of Bruno to much of modern thought he also presents Bruno as the primary exponent of "pantheism" thereby using Bruno to change the trajectory of modern thought and influencing all philosophy of the decades to come. After the second edition of Jacobi's "Ueber die Lehre des Spinoza" no self-respecting thinker could neglect the teachings of Bruno; he could no longer be written off as having "obscure" and insignificant teachings and one could no longer read Spinoza nor Leibnitz without thinking of Bruno. It is with this edition that the world rediscovers Bruno never to forget him again.WITH THE FIRST EDITION OF "UEBER DIE LEHRE DES SPINOZA" 1785 JACOBI BEGINS THE FAMOUS "PATHEISMUSSTREIT" which focused attention on the apparent conflict between human freedom and any systematic philosophical interpretation of reality. In 1780 Jacobi 1743-1819 famous for coining the term nihilism advocating "belief" and "revelation" instead of speculative reason thereby anticipating much of present-day literature and for his critique of the Sturm-und-Drang-era had a conversation with Lessing in which Lessing stated that the only true philosophy was Spinozism. This led Jacobi to a protracted and serious study of Spinoza's works. After Lessing's death in 1783 Jacobi began a lengthy letter-correspondende with Mendelssohn a close friend of Lessing on the philosophy of Spinoza. These letters with commentaries by Jacobi are what constitute the first edition of "Ueber die lehre des Spinoza" as well as the first part of the second edition. The second edition is of much greater importance however due to greatly influential Appendices. The work caused great furor and the enmity of the Enlightenment thinkers. Jacobi was ridiculed by his contemporaries for attempting to reintroduce into philosophy belief instead of reason was seen as an enemy of reason and Enlightenment as a pietist and as a Jesuit. But the publication of the work not only caused great furor in wider philosophical circles there was also a personal side to the scandal which has made it one of the most debated books of the period: "Mendelssohn enjoyed as noted at the outset a lifelong friendship with G. E. Lessing. Along with Mendelssohn Lessing embraced the idea of a purely rational religion and would endorse Mendelssohn's declaration: "My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths" Gesammelte Schriften Volume 3/2 p. 205. To pietists of the day such declarations were scandalous subterfuges of an Enlightenment project of assimilating religion to natural reason. While Mendelssohn skillfully avoided that confrontation he found himself reluctantly unable to remain silent when after Lessing's death F. H. Jacobi contended that Lessing embraced Spinoza's pantheism and thus exemplified the Enlightenment's supposedly inevitable descent into irreligion.Following private correspondence with Jacobi on the issue and an extended period when Jacobi in personal straits at the time did not respond to his objections Mendelssohn attempted to set the record straight about Lessing's Spinozism in "Morning Hours". Learning of Mendelssohn's plans incensed Jacobi who expected to be consulted first and who accordingly responded by publishing without Mendelssohn's consent their correspondence - "On the Teaching of Spinoza in Letters to Mr. Moses Mendelssohn" - a month before the publication of "Morning Hours". Distressed on personal as well as intellectual levels by the controversy over his departed friend's pantheism Mendelssohn countered with a hastily composed piece "To the Friends of Lessing: an Appendix to Mr. Jacobi's Correspondence on the Teaching of Spinoza". According to legend so anxious was Mendelssohn to get the manuscript to the publisher that forgetting his overcoat on a bitterly cold New Year's eve he delivered the manuscript on foot to the publisher. That night he came down with a cold from which he died four days later prompting his friends to charge Jacobi with responsibility for Mendelssohn's death.The sensationalist character of the controversy should not obscure the substance and importance of Mendelssohn's debate with Jacobi. Jacobi had contended that Spinozism is the only consistent position for a metaphysics based upon reason alone and that the only solution to this metaphysics so detrimental to religion and morality is a leap of faith that salto mortale that poor Lessing famously refused to make. Mendelssohn counters Jacobi's first contention by attempting to demonstrate the metaphysical inconsistency of Spinozism. He takes aim at Jacobi's second contention by demonstrating how the "purified Spinozism" or "refined pantheism" embraced by Lessing is in the end only nominally different from theism and thus a threat neither to religion nor to morality." SEP.The Beylagen which are not included in the 1785 first edition and only appear with the 1789 second edition include: I. Auszug aus Jordan Bruno von Nola. Von der Ursache dem Princip und dem Einen p. 261-306 II. Diokles an Diotime über den Atheismus p. 307-327 translation of Lettre . sur l'Athéisme by F. Hemsterhuis. </em> hardcover
81390Berlin Christian Friedrich Voss beides 1755. Kl.8° 1 Bl. Titelvignette 108 S.; Titelvignette 210 S. Paginierungssprung von Seite 143 auf 145 3 Bl. HPerg. d. Zeit Berieben mit handschriftlichem verblasstem Schild a. Rücken. Auf Vorsatz Bibliothekskleber Bibliotheksstempel Bibliothek des Rabbiner-Seminars Berlin a. Titelblatt verso. Etwas angeschmutzt u. fingerfleckig min. wasserrändig u. stockfleckig. Der Band umfasst die ersten beiden Schriften des jüdisch-deutschen Philosophen. «Philosophische Gespräche» Goed. IV/1 488 6. Meyer Mendelssohn 112; «Ueber die Empfindungen» Goed. IV/1 487 1. Meyer Mendelssohn 79Auf dem Vorsatz zwei hübsche Marginalien von alter Hand: «Der Verfasser Herr Moses solle ein gelehrter Jude und Buchhalter bey einem jüdischen Kaufmann in Berlin seyn.»Und von anderer Hand: «Zustehende Bücher sind von Herrn Moses Mendelssohn.»«Ueber die Empfindungen» Erste Ausgabe der zweiten Veröffentlichung Mendelssohns ein theoretisches Hauptwerk zur Ästhetik der Aufklärungsepoche. Bekannt geworden ist vor allem die ausführliche Diskussion des Selbstmordes und die Problematik seiner theatralischen Inszenierung auf der "Schaubühne". - Moses Mendelssohn 1729 in Dessau; gestorben 1786 in Berlin deutscher Philosoph der Aufklärung und gilt als Wegbereiter der jüdischen Aufklärung - Haskala. 010 Berlin, Christian Friedrich Voss, beides 1755 unknown
1795RB007Vienna: Anton Schmid 1795. Second. Good. 1795 rare copy of Netivot Ha-shalom The Paths of Peace. A German translation in the Hebrew alphabet of the book of Genesis by Moses Mendelssohn 1729-1786. It includes the Hebrew text of the Bible and a commentary by Mendelssohn. The last 200 pages of the book is the Aramaic text of Onkelos commentary of Rashi and the Haftaroth. This book is a former synagogue copy and in great shape for a book 230 years old. Binding still tight. Although there is wear on the pages it is very readable. Inside front and back covers are 3 off-white blank rectangular stickers one has been torn off leaving residue Markings on both sides of the page preceding the title page. Purple synagogue stamp at top of page prior to the text. That page has a 1-inch tear at the top middle edge. There is another stamp on the bottom right corner of pages 81b and 88b. Light penciled lines about one inch long on 5 pages of the introduction at least one other page of the book has similar marks. About 20 pages with the reverse page's text legible but still readable. Lh Anton Schmid unknown
195950340Amsterdam/ny: North Holland Publishing Company / Interscience Publishers Inc. As New. 1959. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text block pristine pages tight to spine - 192 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . North Holland Publishing Company / Interscience Publishers, Inc. hardcover
106310C. F. Peters / G. Schirmer. As New. N.D. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - PRISTINE & UNMARKED TIGHT TO THE SPINE - - - No date circa 1890. -- with a bonus offer-- . C. F. Peters / G. Schirmer hardcover
200491632Thoemmes Continuum. New. 2004. Hardcover. 1843711079 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 290 pages. Description: "Moses Mendelssohn 1729-86 is considered the father of the Jewish Enlightenment and the last great Leibnizian in the German philosophical tradition. One of his most successful works was this dialogue on the immortality of the soul modelled on Plato's 'Phaedo'. Mendelssohn sought to recast Plato's proofs of the soul's immortality by adding 'such arguments as are supplied by modern philosophy'. Like its ancient ancestor Mendelssohn's dialogue includes an account of the death of Socrates - an important figure in 18th-century Europe. ' "Ph don": or "The Death of Socrates" ' originally published in German in 1767 and translated by Charles Cullen in 1789 has never been rendered into modern English. Cullen's translation is thus the only recourse for present-day scholars who cannot read German. It is long out of print and difficult to find even in the largest academic libraries. Now that the English-speaking philosophical world is delving ever more deeply into the history of German philosophy this facsimile of the 1789 edition - newly introduced by Curtis Bowman - should be widely welcomed. " -- with a bonus offer-- . Thoemmes Continuum hardcover
24753Modern old style binding half calf leather. Else a good copy with an ownership mark on the titlepage ‘Joseph Basler or Basbe’. With an engraved frontispiece showing three scenes from jewish life and a small engraving on the titlepage by I.M. Eben. 8°: A-Z 8 pag.: 368. The filosopher Moses Mendelssohn 1729-1786 was the spiritual leader of the German Jewry during the Enlightenment. He wrote many philosophical treatises and is considered the father of the Jewish Enlightenment. Thus he became the symbol of progressive Judaism to the Christian world. At the height of his career in 1769 Mendelssohn was publicly challenged by a Christian apologist a Zurich pastor named John Lavater to defend the superiority of Judaism over Christianity. The letters forming his reply - published in German in 1770 and translated for the present rare French edition - neither attacked Christianity nor defended Judaism; they maintained instead that such polemics were inconsistent with Judaism and unbecoming of Jews. The controversy which disturbed Mendelssohn greatly forced him to recognize that his Judaism created a barrier between himself and his enlightened colleagues. Mendelssohn wanted to take the Jews out of a ghetto lifestyle and into secular society. He tried to improve the relationship between Jews and Christians as he argued for tolerance and humanity. B0109. hardcover
185140958Leipzig . London: Breitkopf & Härtel . Ewer & Co. PN 8347 1851. Octavo. Contemporary dark green morocco-backed dark green cloth boards with monogrammatic device gilt to upper incorporating musical instruments. 1f. recto title verso blank 193 i blank pp. Engraved throughout. <br /> <br /> Small publisher's oval handstamp and Ewer & Co.'s blindstamp to lower outer corner of title; decorative handstamp of "The Wandering Minstrels" to blank verso of title; "Presented by" handstamp followed by signature "Hon: S. Egerton" to upper margin of first page of music. <br /> <br /> With performance markings mostly dynamics with occasional articulations in lead and blue pencil.<br /> <br /> Binding slightly worn and bumped; upper hinge partially split; endpapers browned. Occasional minor browning and staining.<br /> <br /> A very good copy overall. First Edition. MWV pp. 225-226 no. 16. Hoboken 10 no. 284. Catalog of the Mendelssohn Papers in the Bodleian Library III 734. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig catalog 152. Müller-Reuter I p. 73. Fuld p. 556.<br /> <br /> Mendelssohn finished his "Italian" Symphony in Berlin on 13 March 1833 conducting its first performance in London on 13 May 1833 at a London Philharmonic Society concert. The first edition of the full score was not published until after the composer's death. <br /> <br /> "The Italian sojourn of 1830 provided the raw musical material for the Italian Symphony finished and performed in London in 1833 revised the following year but published only posthumously as Symphony no.4 in 1851. For Julius Benedict the brightly scored opening was 'warmed with the balmy air of a southern clime'. The slow movement profitably compared to the 'Marche des pèlerins' from Berlioz's nearly contemporaneous Harold en Italie begins with a haunting modal melody evidently meant to depict a religious ceremony or procession. The third movement was probably inspired by Goethe's humorous poem Lilis Park. The finale labelled 'Saltarello' begins with a characteristic hopping figure reminiscent of the saltarellos Mendelssohn heard in Rome and Naples but then introduces in its development a new conjunct figure intended according to William Rockstro as a tarantella; the two are juxtaposed in the closing bars of the score." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online<br /> <br /> "The Wandering Minstrels were an amateur orchestra of forty or so players drawn from the ranks of the aristocracy and military. The Earl of Wilton and his sons were leading lights in the orchestra and for many years the Earl's younger son the Honourable Seymour Egerton was conductor and president.<br /> <br /> The Wandering Minstrels conscientiously documented their activities. Their albums of posters photographs and concert programmes shine a light on a little-studied aspect of musical life in the 19th century: concerts given by noble amateurs. The albums provide information on the music performed the structure of the concerts and Victorian programming habits and show which composers - and which musical works - were popular. Mendelssohn and Gounod were the most popular composers by a long way." British Library website music blog 17 August 2012. Breitkopf & Härtel ... Ewer & Co. [PN 8347] unknown
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178950977Berlin 1789. Mit einer Skizze seines Lebens und Charakters von D.Jenisch. Beigebunden: Philipson Moses; Leben Benedikt's von Spinoza Braunschweig 1790 N.a.Vorsatzbl.Guter Zustand Zwei erste Ausgaben W/G 36 Vieweg 8°. Pbd. d. Zt. Philosophie unknown
184537452Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus 1845. First edition. Hardcover. g. Small Octavo ca. 4200pp. Original half leather over dark green pebbled cloth. Marbled endpapers and edges. Portrait lithograph of Mendelssohn by Frisch with tissue guard. Edited by Prof. Dr. G. B. Mendelssohn based on original prints and handwritings in seven volumes. Vol. 1: Biography and philosophical writings Vol. 2: Metaphysical writings Vol. 3: Correspondence and smaller writings Vol. 4.1: Smaller writings and correspondence Vol. 4.2: Correspondence. Vol. 5: Correspondence. Vol. 6: Ritual Laws of the Jews and various translations. Vol. 7: Mendelssohn's translation of the Five Books of Moses. Moses Mendelssohn was a German Jewish philosopher and practicing orthodox Jew. His ideas are credited with contributing significantly to the 'Jewish enlightenment' of the 18th and 19th centuries the Haskalah. Text in German fracture. Binding rubbed. Some volumes with professional repair at gutters starting a back gutter of volume 2 and 3. Volumes dusty and marbled edges faded. Moderate sporadic foxing of book blocks. Bindings and interior in overall good condition. F. A. Brockhaus hardcover
Frommann-9783772812026frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Hebrew. Hardcover. New. 570 p. 156 x 209 cm. These are previously unpublished philosophical fragments and Judaica by Mendelssohn as well as letters from and to Mendelssohn. Among other things the volume contains comments on the concepts of time and space in Kant a note on the concept of eternal truths poems written during and about the Seven Years War Herr! der du die Welt mit deiner Allmacht regierest annotations on Johann David Michaelis' review of Dohms Über die bürgerliche Verbesserung der Juden On the Civil Improvement of the Jews letters from and to Abbt Iselin Lessing Friedrich II. Gleim Joh. J. Engel Lavater Penzel Nicolai Dohm Kuh Lowth Carmer Ramler among others. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772812026frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German Hebrew. Hardcover. New. 570 p. 156 x 209 cm. These are previously unpublished philosophical fragments and Judaica by Mendelssohn as well as letters from and to Mendelssohn. Among other things the volume contains comments on the concepts of time and space in Kant a note on the concept of eternal truths poems written during and about the Seven Years War Herr! der du die Welt mit deiner Allmacht regierest annotations on Johann David Michaelis' review of Dohms Über die bürgerliche Verbesserung der Juden On the Civil Improvement of the Jews letters from and to Abbt Iselin Lessing Friedrich II. Gleim Joh. J. Engel Lavater Penzel Nicolai Dohm Kuh Lowth Carmer Ramler among others. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815225frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German. Hardcover. New. 622 p. 175 x 25 x 53 cm. Due to the long history of this edition it can only really be made accessible through the complete indexes which replace missing cross references in the commentaries in volumes published first to later volumes and provide an overview of texts which are presented in various places but whose subject matter does belong together. Deutschsprachiger Teil: German-language section: index of terms index of persons index of titles for all the books and essays mentioned catalogue of works for all the letters from and to Mendelssohn as well corrigenda as well as complete table of contents. Hebräischer Teil: Hebrew section index of terms index of persons index of titles for all the Hebrew texts in the edition. Inhalt: Werkverzeichnis nach Bänden geordnet Werkregister Verzeichnis wiederaufgefundener Handschriften Briefverzeichnis Personenregister Begriffsregister Titelregister Stellenregister Bibel und rabbinische Literatur Corrigenda Verzeichnis der anhand von wiederaufgefundenen Handschriften korrigierter Texte Konjekturen frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772815225frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German. Hardcover. New. 622 p. 175 x 25 x 53 cm. Due to the long history of this edition it can only really be made accessible through the complete indexes which replace missing cross references in the commentaries in volumes published first to later volumes and provide an overview of texts which are presented in various places but whose subject matter does belong together. Deutschsprachiger Teil: German-language section: index of terms index of persons index of titles for all the books and essays mentioned catalogue of works for all the letters from and to Mendelssohn as well corrigenda as well as complete table of contents. Hebräischer Teil: Hebrew section index of terms index of persons index of titles for all the Hebrew texts in the edition. Inhalt: Werkverzeichnis nach Bänden geordnet Werkregister Verzeichnis wiederaufgefundener Handschriften Briefverzeichnis Personenregister Begriffsregister Titelregister Stellenregister Bibel und rabbinische Literatur Corrigenda Verzeichnis der anhand von wiederaufgefundenen Handschriften korrigierter Texte Konjekturen frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772813535frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German. Hardcover. New. XLII 855 p. 156 x 209 cm. This volume provides annotations for the approximately 125 articles by Mendelssohn in the Briefen die neueste Litteratur betreffend 17591765 Letters concerning the Most Recent Literature and shows the scope of his essays on the most important humanities-related institution of the »Berlin Enlightenment«. Moreover the commentary includes the thematic connections between Mendelssohns reviews and those of his contemporaries and for the first time calls attention to Hamann Kant still unknown at this time Boscovich the physicist and Leeuwenhoek the biologist. The merits of Spinozas still unrecognized at that time as well as contemporary philosophy and aesthetics are also discussed. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
Frommann-9783772813535frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. German. Hardcover. New. XLII 855 p. 156 x 209 cm. This volume provides annotations for the approximately 125 articles by Mendelssohn in the Briefen die neueste Litteratur betreffend 17591765 Letters concerning the Most Recent Literature and shows the scope of his essays on the most important humanities-related institution of the »Berlin Enlightenment«. Moreover the commentary includes the thematic connections between Mendelssohns reviews and those of his contemporaries and for the first time calls attention to Hamann Kant still unknown at this time Boscovich the physicist and Leeuwenhoek the biologist. The merits of Spinozas still unrecognized at that time as well as contemporary philosophy and aesthetics are also discussed. frommann-holzboog Verlag e.K. hardcover
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184340969Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel PN 6925 1843. Octavo. Full 19th century dark green textured cloth with ruled border gilt "C.C.P" gilt to upper decorative device blindstamped to lower. 1f. recto title verso blank 63 "Compositionen ohne Ausgabe einer Opuszahl" i blank 65-83 i "Dedicationen der Werke Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's" pp. Title lithographed catalogue engraved. Small publisher's oval handstamp to foot of title. Occasional annotations in pencil. Scattered staining mostly minor; small tear to upper blank margin of p. 63 repaired with archival tape to verso. OCLC 1477534799. <br /> <br /> Together with:<br /> Zweite Abtheilung. Unbound. 1f recto title verso "Bemerkung." pp. 39 i blank. 41-44. Title worn and slightly foxed and stained with tear repaired with archival tape to verso; small tears to edges. Not in OCLC.<br /> <br /> First Edition.<br /> <br /> Bound with: <br /> CHOPIN<br /> Thematisches Verzeichnis der im Druck erschienen Compositionen von Friedrich Chopin. Leipzig . Paris . London: Breitkopf & Härtel . Brandus & Co. . Wessel & Co. PN 8497 ca. 1853. 1f. recto title verso blank i-iii "Inhalt. I. Werke mit Opuszahl. II. Werke ohne Opuszhal. III. Portraits. IV. Über Chopin" iv "Dedicationen" 31 i blank 33-35 i blank pp. A few "x" marks in contemporary manuscript. Occasional minor staining and foxing. <br /> <br /> First Edition. OCLC 29298462.<br /> <br /> Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; spine lacking with inner edges of boards reinforced with black tape. Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 6925] unknown
1789ABC_50040Berlin 1789. 8vo. Friedrich Vieweg Slightly later gold-tooled half calf sewn on 3 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine with the author title and a monogram lettered in gold on the spine a red round morocco label with the number "125" mounted at the foot dark brown cloth sides brown sprinkled edges. 6 "250" = 248 pp. First edition of this posthumous collection of shorter writings by the influential German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn 1729-1786 edited by Johann Georg Müchler 1724-1819. The collection was intended to preserve and re-circulate a number of Mendelssohns shorter philosophical essays many of which had previously appeared scattered across contemporary journals and had already become difficult to obtain. In bringing them together Müchler ensured the continued availability of texts that illuminate the breadth of Mendelssohns thought and the literary clarity for which he was celebrated.With a bookplate mounted on the front pastedown inscribed Noel Gouton 1903 made by Stern Graveur a prominent Parisian engraving house active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries which specialized in high-quality ex-libris. The edges of the boards are slightly scuffed the spine is somewhat discoloured. Internally very clean. Otherwise in very good condition.l Fürst II p. 362; Goedeke IV p. 164 no. 19; VD18 13630814; WorldCat 231070909 172996042 10 copies; cf. Albrecht Moses Mendelssohn 1729-1786. Das Lebenswerk eines jüdischen Denkers der deutschen Aufklärung 1986. hardcover
184740967London . Bonn: Ewer & Co. Newgate Strt. . N. Simrock 1847. Large folio. Full maroon cloth with dark red leather title label gilt to spine. 1f. recto blank verso frontispiece 1f. recto engraved title within decorative border verso blank 1f. recto index verso blank iv typeset libretto 279 i blank pp. Text in English. Music engraved. Small format single-page list of errata bound in following title.<br /> <br /> The fine frontispiece portrait engraving of the composer is by A.H. Payne and W.C. Wrankmore after Hildebrand.<br /> <br /> Occasional annotations in pencil including instrument names and tempo indications. <br /> <br /> Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Light uniform browning; frontispiece slightly foxed and creased at lower outer corner; foxing mainly to margins; minor soiling to blank margins of title; occasional minor soiling to lower outer corners. First English edition first issue with "Newgate Strt." address published in the same year as the first German edition published by Simrock in Bonn. MWV A25. Catalogue of the Mendelssohn Papers in the Bodleian Library III 362. Hoboken 10 253. <br /> <br /> Elijah to a libretto by J. Schubring was first performed in Birmingham England on 26 August 1846; Schubring also collaborated with Mendelssohn on his earlier oratorio St. Paul.<br /> <br /> "Mendelssohn was not the only 19th-century composer to revive the oratorio but his two completed works St Paul 1836 and Elijah 1846 were the only representatives of his time to achieve lasting popularity. . With few exceptions Mendelssohn's other sacred works lie largely in the shadow of St Paul and Elijah. .<br /> <br /> One of the most gifted and versatile prodigies Mendelssohn stood at the forefront of German music during the 1830s and 40s as conductor pianist organist and above all composer. His musical style fully developed before he was 20 drew upon a variety of influences including the complex chromatic counterpoint of Bach the formal clarity and gracefulness of Mozart and the dramatic power of Beethoven and Weber.<br /> <br /> Mendelssohn's emergence into the first rank of 19th-century German composers coincided with efforts by music historiographers to develop the concept of a Classic-Romantic dialectic in 18th and 19th-century music. To a large degree his music reflects a fundamental tension between Classicism and Romanticism in the generation of German composers after Beethoven." R. Larry Todd in Grove Music Online. Ewer & Co. Newgate Strt. ... N. Simrock unknown
N2503bBerlin: Akademie Verlag. Original Cloth with Box. Near Fine. 4to. 1929-1932. On volumes 1-3 and 7 11 16 edges and 2 or 3 pages with some foxing. A fine copy in protective dust jacket in the original publishers boxes these with some aging marks . FOR MANY MANY YEARS NOT SEEN COMPLETE AS THIS COPY ON THE MARKET - . <br/> <br/> Akademie Verlag hardcover
19792083002115600381S. Fischer 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 20cm S. Fischer paperback
17962330942Berlin: Bey Haude und Spener 1796. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Sticker on front corner edges rubbed ink name and stamp on endpapers. Scarce - only 12 in OCLC. 1796 Hard Cover. 124 pp. German text. Paper over boards handwritten titles on spine. Mendelssohn's ideas brought about the Haskalah Jewish Enlightenment. This work applies mathematical proofs to metaphysics. It won the author first prize in a Berlin Academy essay contest over Immanuel Kant and Thomas Abbt. Bey Haude und Spener hardcover
