Ueber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an Moses Mendelssohn [polemic]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $400

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author

JACOBI, F(riedrich) H(einrich)

printer

C. Lowe

Place

Breslau

Publication

1789

Description

Second edition. With fine engraved frontispiece portrait of Spinoza; and fine engraved roundelle portraits of Mendelssohn, Lessing and Jacobi on title and verso of final leaf all executed by E. C. THelott

references

V. A. Linde 344

summary

Following Moses Mendelssohn’s “Morgengedanken über Gott und Schöpfung” in which he attacked the ideas of Benedictus (Baruch) Spinoza, Jacobi published several polemical works in defence of the great philosopher. The Mendelssohn-Jacobi controversy produced a number of polemical writings by the two adversaries. The correspondence between them led to the rediscovery of Spinoza’s ideas by the Romantic School

pp. (4),440. Few light dampstains in places. Recent vellum-backed boards. 8vo

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