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Auction 7 · Lot 404
Vom Geiste der ebraischen Poesie
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- $150
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
HERDER, JOHANN GOTFRIED
Place
Dessau
Publication
1782-83
Description
FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound in one
references
Freimann 149
summary
Herder (1744-1803), a remarkably objective German theologian, greatly admired the Jewish literary tradition. This is perhaps his most important work, proclaiming the superiority of Jewish poetry as deeply soulful
Contemporary half-calf, worn. 8vo
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