Mendelssohn

1845 · 37452 — Leipzig: 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