Untwort an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn zu Berlin von Johann Caspar Lavater. Nebst einer Nacherinnerung von Moses Mendelssohn.

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(MENDELSSOHN, MOSES).

Untwort an den Herrn Moses Mendelssohn zu Berlin von Johann Caspar Lavater. Nebst einer Nacherinnerung von Moses Mendelssohn.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> pp. 68. Browned and slightly stained, verso of title-page neatly taped. Modern boards. 12mo.

Berlin & Stettin: Friedrich Nicolai 1770

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

Letter issued by Swiss clergyman Johann Caspar Lavater challenging Moses Mendelssohn to convert to Christianity. Followed by Mendelssohn’s devastating response which promptly silenced Lavater and earned Mendelssohn much respect among Enlightenment intellectuals.