‎Lessing‎

‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan der Weise. Ein dramatische Gedicht in fünf aufzügen Nathan the Wise. A Dramatic Poem in Five Acts‎

‎n.p.: n.p. 1779. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Small octavo. Collation: pi2 A-Q8 R6 S4 = 140 leaves. 4 276pp. Half dark brown cloth over marbled boards which simulate tree calf lightly worn with some slight abrasions to covers. Text lightly toned with intermittent mild foxing. Final five leaves partially detached from block but holding to hinge else a good complete copy.<br /> <br /> First edition published by subscription in May 1779. This is a copy of the first issue with no attempt at correction on p.95: i.e. "Ein reichre Mann" line 11 is followed by "Der reichre Jude war line 13. A towering figure of the eighteenth-century German Enlightenment Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781 produced two works one at the beginning of his literary career and one at the end each of which featured a Jew as a principal character. The one-act comedy Die Juden 1749 was one of Lessing's earliest literary ventures and was "the first time a Jew was presented on a the German stage in a reasonably objective manner" EJ. His last play Nathan the Wise 1779 is much better known and once again contains a plea for toleration. Lessing's inspiration for Nathan was his friend the Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Nathan is here made the spokesperson for brotherhood tolerance and the love of humanity indeed all the noble aspirations of the Enlightenment. The play is set during the time of the Third Crusade ca. 1192 during an armistace in Jerusalem. "Based on the parable of the three rings adapted from Boccaccio's Decameron the play presents Judaism represented by Nathan Christianity a Templar knight and Islam Saladin the Turkish Sultan as three sons of a benevolent father who has given each an identical ring although each one claims that his ring alone is authentic" EJ. While the vision here presented of inter-religious amity was ridiculed by the likes of Julius von Voss Der travestierte Nathan der Weise 1804 and attacked by various anti-Semites Lessing's ideals found much support among German Jews such as Gabriel Riesser I. H. Ritter Berthold Auerback Emil Lehmann and Johann Jacoby. Indeed Lessing's "ideological and stylistic influence on the Haskalah was as decisive as that of Friedrich Schiller" EJ.<br /> <br /> "Lessing was born in Saxony the son of a pastor and after a brilliant career at school entered the University of Leipzig as a theology student. Here however the two interests literature and the theatre which were to dominate his life first discovered themselves. Yet perhaps Lessing is best judged by the sum of his achievement. He was one of the principal figures in the Aufklärung the emancipation of German literature from the narrow classicism of the French school. It was he more than any other who laid the foundation of the intellectual primacy of German writers and thinkers in the nineteenth century. Without attching himself to any special philosophical school he consistently opposed error and dogmatism and in art in poetry in drama and in religion he provided new stimulation." PMM pp. 128-129. References: J. Carter & P. H. Muir eds. Printing and the Mind of Man pp.128-129. K. Lachmann Gotthold Ephraim Lessings sämtliche Schriften 1919 vol. 22 part 2 pp. 458-459: this ed. noted as "subskriptionsausg. Mai 1779". VD18 11831499. [n.p.] hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1880. Hardcover. New. 4th reprint edition. 182 pages. German language. 5.00x0.56x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1876. Hardcover. New. 3rd reprint edition. 182 pages. German language. 5.00x0.56x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1842. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 249 pages. German language. 5.00x0.69x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1780. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 255 pages. German language. 5.00x0.75x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim/ Goedeke, Karl (Editor)‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1874. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 219 pages. German language. 5.00x0.63x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1827. Hardcover. New. 7th reprint edition. 244 pages. German language. 5.00x0.69x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1869. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 217 pages. German language. 5.00x0.63x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1861. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 215 pages. German language. 5.00x0.63x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1856. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 233 pages. German language. 5.00x0.69x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim/ Muncker, Franz (Editor)‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1897. Hardcover. New. 8th reprint edition. 146 pages. German language. 6.14x0.56x9.21 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in 5 Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1792. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 269 pages. German language. 5.00x0.75x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim/ Goedeke, Karl (Editor)‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1884. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 205 pages. German language. 5.00x0.63x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1802. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 248 pages. German language. 5.00x0.75x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen‎

‎De Gruyter Art & Architecture 1807. Hardcover. New. 4th reprint edition. 123 pages. German language. 5.00x0.69x8.00 inches. De Gruyter Art & Architecture hardcover‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan der Weise; Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in fünf Aufzügen: in Großdruckschrift German Edition‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in Fünf Aufzügen Classic Reprint‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan Der Weise German Edition‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan der Weise Reclams Universal-Bibliothek German Edition‎

‎Philipp Reclam Jun Verlag Gmbh 2000. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Like New. First Edition Thus 2001. Not price-clipped DM 600 price intact. Published by Philipp Reclam 2000. 12mo. Pictorial Wraps. Book is like new; Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Text is in German. Covers have light shelf wear small previous owner name/date on flyleaf. 172 pages. ISBN: 9783150000038. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles libraries collections. Message us if you have books to sell! Philipp Reclam Jun Verlag Gmbh paperback‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing‎

‎Nathan der Weise: Ein Dramatisches Gedicht in fünf Aufzügen German Edition‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing‎

‎Nathan der Weise: with english notes German Edition‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan der Weise: Ein dramatisches Gedicht in fünf Aufzügen German Edition‎

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‎Nathan der Weise: Ein dramatisches Gedicht in fünf Aufzügen German Edition‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan der Weise: Historiendrama aus der Zeit des Dritten Kreuzzugs: Bitte um religiöse Toleranz in Jerusalem German Edition‎

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‎Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim‎

‎Nathan der Weise Perfect Library German Edition‎

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