SAMUELS, MOSES. Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher; Including the Celebrated Correspondence on the Christian Religion, with J.C. Lavater.

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(MENDELSSOHN, MOSES)

SAMUELS, MOSES. Memoirs of Moses Mendelsohn, the Jewish Philosopher; Including the Celebrated Correspondence on the Christian Religion, with J.C. Lavater.

FIRST EDITION. Uncut copy. pp. 7, (1 blank), 171. Trace foxed, slightly wrinkled. Original boards, stained; spine worn. Lg. 8vo Meyer, Mendelssohn Bibliographie, no. 229

London: A. Applegath 1825

Est: $300 - $500

First English Biography of Moses Mendelssohn. See S. Feiner, "Moses Mendelssohn: The First English Biography and Translations in: Journal of the History of Philosophy (2004) pp. 112-13.