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179614664Zurich: David Bürkli 1796. Fourth Edition. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Schweizerlieder mit Melodieen. Des ersten Theils vermehrte vierte Auflage. An original collection of Swiss songs mostly for three voices and continuo bearing an inscription on the title page supposedly from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Jenny Lind. The inscription and signature are almost certainly spurious but appear to date from the 19th century and share some similarities with Mendelssohn's hand though here rather more shaky and uncertain than is seen in authentic examples. The volume contains settings of texts by Johann Kaspar Lavater originally for voice and continuo arranged by Johann Heinrich Egli for 1-4 voices and continuo including 6 new settings by Egli 2 to texts of Lavater and 4 to texts of F. von Stolberg. Cf. Refardt E. Historisch-Biographisches Musikerlexikon der Schweiz. 88 pp. Printed in single-impression music type throughout with an engraving to the cover. Disbound; title page detached with heavy wear and toning; light edge wear and toning throughout but internally fine overall very good. 10.5 x 8.5 inches 27 x 22 cm. The music is rare with WorldCat recording only 8 copies outside Switzerland. David Bürkli unknown books
17876593Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung 1787. Soft cover. Good. 8vo 152 x 95mm. 60pp. Modern wrappers margins trimmed close occasional spots lightly browned; front wrap loose but present. A satire on the Berlin academy written jointly by Lessing and Moses Mendelssohn criticizing the philosophical system of Alexander Popeís Essay on Man 1733-1734. Lessing German writer critic and dramatist was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings often witty and ironic substantially influenced the development of German literature. In 1755 the collaborative work of Lessing and his friend philosopher Moses Mendelssohn anonymously appeared in the form of this provocative treatise Pope ein Metaphysiker! Pope as a Metaphysician. The controversial treatise dissected the subject of a contest at the Prussian Royal Academy. The two friends wrote it to confirm that there cannot be a true comparison between a poetic and a philosophic conception. <br/><br/> Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung paperback books
1776190450Frankfurt & Leipzig. : No publisher. 1776. Publisher’s plain wraps paper spine label with handwritten title. . . Very good untrimmed in the wraps. 8vo. 19.5x12 cm. . German text. Mendelssohn’s musing on the immortality of the soul. weight: 0.4 lb. Engraved frontis. No publisher. paperback books
