Auction 60 · Lot 221
Schreiben des Herrn Moses Mendelssohn in Berlin an den Herrn Diaconus Lavater zu Zuerich, nebst Anmerkungen ueber dasselbe von Otto Justus Basilius Hesse Past. zu Benneckenstein.
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $1,600
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MENDELSSOHN, MOSES.
printer
J.J. Curt
Place
Halle
Publication
1770
summary
Contains Mendelssohn’s reply to Johann Lavater, published as part of the famous controversy between the two. This reply was originally issued by Friedrich Nicolai in 1770 in Berlin and has 32 pages; copies are to be found in various libraries. The present Halle edition, which includes a commentary by the priest Otto Julius Basilius, is rarer than the Berlin edition and no institutional copies include the unnumbered errata page at the end of the present copy.
pp. 112, (1). Unbound. 12mo.
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