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
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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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