Jerusalem. Oder über religiöse Macht und Judentum

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 184

MENDELSSOHN, MOSES.

Jerusalem. Oder über religiöse Macht und Judentum

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts in one volume. The Leopold Dukes Copy. pp. 96; 141. Lightly foxed, few leaves trimmed, few other turned at corners. Later boards, worn, upper cover split. 8vo. Fürst II, 364.

Berlin: Friedrich Maurer 1783

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $550

The complex nature of Mendelssohnian thought is present within this, his most important work. For the two parts of “Jerusalem” clash with one another. While Part I is a plea for absolute freedom of conscience, Part II upholds religious authority. In Part I Mendelssohn the political reformer is found; in Part II, Mendelssohn the Jew. See A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn (1973) p. 517.