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J. A. Kalb. Theologisch-politische Abhandlungen von Spinoza. Freye Uebersetzung und mit Anmerkungen begleitet.

Auction 61 · Lot 217

J. A. Kalb. Theologisch-politische Abhandlungen von Spinoza. Freye Uebersetzung und mit Anmerkungen begleitet.

Estimate
$1,500–$2,000
Hammer price
$1,500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(SPINOZA, BENEDICTUS DE).

printer

Kiderlen & Stollmeyer

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1838

Description

FIRST AMERICAN EDITIOn.

summary

Translation of Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. Previous German editions (published in Germany): 1805, 1806, 1826 and later. This is the first Spinoza work printed in America. Interestingly, produced in German rather than in the English language. See Fanny K. Berg (The Spinoza Collection in the Hebrew Union College Library, in: Studies in Bibliography and Booklore, Vol. 1, No. 4 p. 169.
pp. 2, [iii]-xlviii, 432. Ex-library, touch browned. Contemporary boards. 8vo.
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