‎Autographes‎

‎"MICHAËLIS, SOPHUS.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""Fru Rose Thyregod."" Dat. ""Hellerup 13. April 1917."" 2 sider 8vo. Ledsaget af egenhændigt originalt digt med underskrift, 2 vers, 16 linier.‎

‎Sophus Michaëlis brokker sig i hårde toner over ikke at have modtaget et honorar for et originalt digt (sandsynligvis det vedlagte), som han dog ville kræve af bladet, ikke Rose Thyregod. ""-jeg fordrer og faar Honorar af ethvert/ Blad for et enquête bidrag, jeg selv skriver."" Han brokker sig over at være blevet fejlciteret og over, at det pågældende digt har fungeret som ""Rosin i Pölseenden - det var jo Pölsen/ jeg ville være fri for!""... Digtet omhandler ""Det quindelige"".‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 28770

‎"H.C. ANDERSEN - HEGERMANN-LINDENCRONE, (CAI DITLEV?).‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""S.T. (i.e. ""salvo titulo"" - med forbehold for titler) Herr H.C. Andersen."" Dat. ""København den 11te Januar 1831."" 1/2 side 4to.‎

‎H-L. takker H.C.A. for et tilsendt eksemplar af ""Phantasier og Skizzer"", som er den første bog, han har modtaget i år, og som han vil nyde sammen med sine omgivelser.‎

‎Med segl og H.C. Andersens adresse på bagsiden. Phantasier og Skizzer udkom til Nytår 1831. Så tidlige breve til H.C. Andersen er af største sjældenhed.Handwritten and signed letter for ""Herr H.C. Andersen"". Dated 11th of January 1831. 1/2 page 4to. H.C. Andersen is thanked for a copy of ""Phantasier og Skizzer"". The mentioned work appeared around New Year 1831. As early letters as this one for H.C. Andersen is of the greatest rarity.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 28858

‎"DUMAS FILS, ALEXANDRE.‎

‎Orig. handwritten and signed letter for ""Madame"". Written on blue paper w. the address ""98, Avenue de Villiers"" printed on top. 1 1/2 p. 8vo.‎

‎The letter is a responce to a lady, who has contacted him" written very politely.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 29252

‎"COUR, PAUL la.‎

‎Menneskets Hjem. Digte.‎

‎1931. Hshirtbd. Med dedik: "" ..fra Deres hegivne Paul la Cour"". Medindbundet et egenh.brev til ""Hr.Forlagsboghandler Munksgaard"", hvor han undskylder ""den uoverlagte, puerile Maade hvorpå jeg i sin tid forlod deres Forlag""...""men jeg var jo ikke stort andet end et eksalteret Barn dengang."" - Også om Heinesen og Gelsted..1 side 4to.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 2997

‎"HAMSUN, MARIE.‎

‎Maskinskrevet brev m. egenhændig underskrift og tilføjelse i pen til ""Frau Marie Hamsun/ Grimstad/ Norwegen"" fra ""Dr. Knapp"", Verlag Albert Langen - Georg Müller Derlay, München. (Maschine-written letter w. autograph signature and four handwritten lin... - [MARIE HAMSUN OG NAZISTERNE]‎

‎Dat. ""10.3.1942"". 1s. 4to. Skrevet på forlagets brevpapir. Brevet er en anmodning fra Dr. Knapp på vegne af en skoleklasse i Tyskland, som ønsker en autograf fra Knut Hamsun på et billede af ham. Brevet slutter således: ""Im allgemeinen suchen wir ja solche belästigungen Herrn/ Knut Hamsun möglichst fern zu halten, aber in diesem rührende/ Fall wollten wir doch eine Ausnahme machen./ Wir danken Herrn Knut Hamsun und Ihnen im voraus herzlich für/ die Erfüllung der kindlichen Bitte./ Mit verehrungsvoller Begrüssung und/ Heil Hitler!/ Ihr sehr ergebener/ Albert Langen - Georg Müller Derlay [stemplet]/ Dr. Knapp [håndskrevet]."" Efter de ca. 15 maskinskrevne linier følger fire håndskrevne linier i Dr. Knapps hånd, hvoraf fremgår, at der alligevel ikke sendes et billede med, som Knut Hamsun kan signere, men en stor plakat. (1p. 4to. Written on paper w. letterhead from the publisher. The letter is a request from Dr. Knapp on behalf of a school-class in Louise, Germany, who wish for an autograph by Knut Hamsun on a photograph. The letter ends: ""Im allgemeinen suchen wir ja solche belästigungen Herrn/ Knut Hamsun möglichst fern zu halten, aber in diesem rührende/ Fall wollten wir doch eine Ausnahme machen./ Wir danken Herrn Knut Hamsun und Ihnen im voraus herzlich für/ die Erfüllung der kindlichen Bitte./ Mit verehrungsvoller Begrüssung und/ Heil Hitler!/ Ihr sehr ergebener/ Albert Langen - Georg Müller Derlay [stamped]/ Dr. Knapp [handwritten]."" Following the ab. 15 machine-written lines is a four lines handwritten notice in the hand of Dr. Knapp, stating that a photograph of Knut Hamsun for him to sign has not been sent with the letter after all, but a large poster.‎

‎Meget interessant brev fra Nazitidens Tyskland, der både belyser, hvor vigtig Hamsun blev opfattet af tyskerne, og hvilken rolle Marie Hamsun har spillet i hendes mands forhold til nazisterne. Der er ingen tvivl om, at Knut Hamsun var velvilligt indstillet over for nazismen under krigen, men der er ligeledes heller ingen tvivl om, at hans syn på nazismen, eller det, han vidste om den, var noget mere nuanceret end hans kones. ""Sagt mere forenklet: Havde Hamsun oprindelig rakt Marie en tyskvenlig lillefinger, forvandlede hun den i disse år til en fremstrakt naziarm."" (Thorkild Hansen, Processen mod Hamsun, Bd. 2, pp. 76-77). Den aldrende Knut Hamsun var under krigen nærmest døv, og havde utroligt svært ved at følge med i, hvad der foregik i verden, da han ikke kunne høre radio. Han var således fuldstændig udleveret til sin kone og det, hun fortalte ham om, hvad der gik for sig i Tyskland. Marie meldte sig ind i NS og fastholdt sine nazistiske synspunkter til sin dødsdag, Knut tog kategorisk afstand fra nazismen, da det endelig gik op for ham, hvori dens sande karakter bestod. Han vedholdt ikke at have meldt sig ind i NS, og det er betegnende, at det er Marie, der står for stort set hele Hamsun-korrespondencen med nazisterne. Det er hende, der tager på adskillige propagandature i Tyskland i alle krigsårene, og det er hende, der tager rundt og læser op af Knuts bøger for nazisterne, ikke ham. Det er betegnende, at brevet er stilet til Marie og ikke Knut, når det nu er hans autograf, de ønsker, -den gamle mand var nok døv, men han kunne stadig læse, -kontakten gik altid gennem Marie, og det må nok siges at være hende, der sidder tilbage med en stor del af ansvaret for verdens opfattelse af, at den store digter bekendte sig fuldstændigt til nazismen. ""Nu fik hun [Marie] oprejsning for de mange ydmygelser. Hun havde endelig fået overtaget, hun havde ikke alene børnene bag sig, hun havde hele den tyske værnemagt i Norge! Hamsun beklagede sig til fru Stray over, at hun ""trak tyskerne til Nørholm""... Marie var ikke mere bare ""Norges første litterære dame"", hun var også blevet noget i kraft af sig selv... Hans rolle var udspillet. Katastrofen var indtruffet og kærligheden død... I stedet for den lydige selvopofrende hustru havde han fået en ond ånd, der bestemte alt og politiserede løs i hans navn."" (Thorkild Hansen, Processen mod Hamsun, Bd. 2, pp. 78-80). Gennem sin rolle som den store digters hustru, tilkæmpede Marie sig sin egen status, -tyskerne placerede hende atter i rampelyset og lod hende igen hylde af et bifaldende publikum.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 31989

‎"CLAUSSEN, SOPHUS.‎

‎Egenhændigt beskrevet visitkort.‎

‎Dateret ""27.11.18."" 4 linier. ""Ved De, at det, der manglede os som danske,/ Begejstringen, nu kommer ved Nord=/ Slesvig? Skal dette nye historiske Kapitel/ overlades til Digterne og Deres Søn?"" Visitkortet bærer den trykte ordlyd: ""Sophus Claussen"" på forsiden, og er beskrevet på bagsiden‎

‎Sandsynligvis givet til fhv. Statsminister C. Th. Zahle.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33063

‎ØRSTED, H.C - OERSTED‎

‎Aanden i Naturen. 2 bd. (The Spirit in Nature. 2 Volumes). - [PRESENTATION COPY OF HIS MAIN WORK IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Andr. Fred. Høst, 1850. 8vo. Et nydeligt samt. hldrbd. m. samt. tidstypisk rig rygforgyldn. En smule slitage v. false og kapitæler, en anelse svag i forreste indre fals, ellers et nydeligt ekspl., kun indimellem brunplettet. X, 190 XII, 206, (2, -avertissement) pp. 8vo. Nice cont. hcalf w. richly gilt back. A bit of waer to hinges and capitals, and inner front hinge a bit weak, otherwise a very nice and good copy w. only occational brownspotting. X, 190" XII, 206, (2, -advertisement-leaf) pp.‎

‎Originaludgaven af Ørsteds naturfilosofiske hovedværk med dedikation fra forfatteren til ""Herr Professor og Dr i Theologien/ Scharling/ venskabeligst/ fra/ Forfatteren."" Under dedikationen er tilføjet et håndskrevet citat fra et brev af Sophie Ørsted (f. Oehlensläger) (fra Adam Oehlenschlägers Erindringer) i samtidig hånd (sandsynligvis Scahrlings). Dedikationen er til professor Carl Emil Scharling (1803-77), teolog, som var bror til Ørsteds datters (Karen) mand. First edition of Oersted's main work in natural philosophy. Presentation-copy with the inscription ""Herr Professor og Dr i Theologien/ Scharling/ venskabeligst/ fra/ Forfatteren."" (Mr. Professor and Doctor of Theology/ Scharling/ with the kindest regards/ The Author""). Underneath the presentation-inscription a handwritten quotation from a letter from Sophie Oersted (born Oehlenschläger) (from Adam Oehlenschläger's Memoires) in cont. hand (probably that of Scharling). The presentation-inscription is for professor Carl Emil Scharling (1803-77), theologist, who was the brother of Oersted's daughter's (Karen) husband.Oersted is universally known for his discovery of Electro-Magnetism in 1820. Afterwards he went on to write a number of important philosophical works on natural philosophy and empiricism, of which ""Aanden i Naturen"" he himself considered his main work. The work is found printed on 2 sorts of paper, common- and vellum-paper. This copy is on vellum-paper. Both H.C. Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard admit to having been influenced by the writings of Oersted. ""He was an enthusiastic follower of the ""Naturphilosophie"" school in Germany, whose main object was the unification of physical forces, thus producing a monistic theory of the universe. It was to further this purpose that Oersted sought in actual phenomena the electro-magnetic identity of which he had already convinced himself on metaphysical grounds"" (Percy H. Muir in Printing and The Mind of Man).‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 34812

‎"HERTZ, HENRIK.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev m. underskrift til ""Kjære Ven"", foldet, med udskrift (""Hr./ Professor Fallesen/ Snaregaden Nr. 9/ 2en Sal"") og rester af laksegl. - [EGENHÆNDIGT BREV]‎

‎Dateret ""Tird. Morgen"", i brevet ""iaften af 11.18 35."" 1 side 8vo. Henrik Hertz har fået billetter til en forestilling samme tirsdag og spørger ""De eller Deres Kone skulde/ vel ikke have Lÿst til at afbenytte/ dem?""‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 34912

‎"IBSEN, HENRIK.‎

‎Originalt fotografi. - [ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF IBSEN]‎

‎(Ca. 1885). 13,6 x 9,7 cm. Monteret på hvidt pap, som måler 14,5 x 10,8 cm. Ibsen er fotograferet i 1/3 profil med hovedet drejet til venstre, i dobbeltradet jakke med adskillige mindre medaljer på jakken og en stor om halsen og med briller.‎

‎Imposing original photograph of the famous Norwegian playwright, the author of ""Hedda Gabler"" (PMM 375: ""Revolution in the Theatre""), ""Pillars of Society, ""A Doll's House"" etc, etc. Original photographs of Ibsen are hard to come by and very sought after.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 36331

‎"RASK, RASMUS.‎

‎Spansk Sproglære efter en ny Plan udarbejdet af R. Rask. [Spanish Grammar] - [OTTO JESPERSEN'S COPY]‎

‎København, Beekens Forlag, 1824. 8vo. Cont. hcalf, somewhat worn. Spine with wear and a tear to front hinge. Internally brownspotted. Inner hinges a bit weak. 22,226 pp.‎

‎First edition of Rask's important ""Spanish Grammar"", Otto Jespersen's copy, with his name in own hand on front free end-paper. Otto Jespersen (1860 - 1943) was one of the greatest linguists of the 20th century. He was professor of English language at the university of Copenhagen, and his works on English language and grammar are some of the best within their field and they were used at most English universities. He is the inventor of the famous artificial language ""Novial"", and his work ""Fonetik"" is considered a mile-stone of European linguistics.""Through a long life Otto Jespersen has offered valuable contributions to general phonetics and grammar and to our knowledge of English and Danish and other languages, thus being a worthy successor of the great Danish linguists of the last century (Rask, Thomsen, Verner, and others). His revolutionary work for the improvement of the teaching of modern languages has had great effects far beyond the boundary of his own country."" (Niels Haislund, in: Sebeok, Portraits of Linguists. A Biographical Source Book for the History of Western Linguistics, 1746-1963, 1967). Rasmus Rask is one of the absolutely most prominent and famous Danish philologers and is very well esteemed worldwide. He was the first to systematically study the ancient Nordic languages and is the discoverer of the relations between the consonants in the Indo-European languages. This discovery served as the foundation of the rules Jacob Grimm later formulated, underlying the Germanic and High-German soundshifts. In PMM Rask is yielded as ""one of the founders of the modern science of language."" (PMM 266).‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 38780

‎"WILLUMSEN, J.F.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev til Fru Wanda Andersen.‎

‎Nice, den 31 Marts 1939. En side 4to, 24 linier, i kuvert med udskrift til Fru Wanda Andersen/ Postbygningen/ Aarhus/ Danemark"", med poststempel og frimærke.‎

‎Brevet handler om Wanda Andersens sygdom hvor Willumsen forsøger at få hende til at holde modet oppe, også om hans billeder, som har givet hende trøst under sygdommen.- Hun har bedt om tilsendelse af en af Willumsens tegninger, han svarer ""Desværre kan jeg ikke opfylde Deres ønske at sende Dem en af mine Tegninger- i al fald ikke forløbig - saa længe det ikke er helt fastslaaet, at der skal oprettes et Willumsen Museum, har jeg forpligtet mig til at bevare alt hvad jeg har for det. det er jo saa rimeligt.""‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 38784

‎"PALUDAN, JACOB.‎

‎Egenhændigt brevkort med underskrift til ""Hr. Boghandler D. Emmerich"".‎

‎Kortet poststemplet Birkerød, 18.7. 1948. Oplyser at ""Billedbog uden Billeder"" tænkes udsendt i 1949 i Hasselbalchs Kulturbibliotek.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 39010

‎"RECKE, ERNST VON DER.‎

‎Egenhændigt bonmot på 3 linier:‎

‎Udateret. Teksten lyder: ""Jeg hader Blæk, Papir og Penne, tvinger Mig ei en Guddom eller Djævel til det, Saa rører jeg dem aldrig med en Finger."" Ernst v.d. R. 1 side, lille 8vo.‎

‎Ernst von der Recke, 1848-1933, dansk forfatter og filolog.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 39013

‎"HORNEMANN, C.F.E.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev med underskrift til ""Kjære Vaage"".‎

‎Dateret kbh. 14/11 - 02. 1side, 8vo.‎

‎Har gennemgået en trio og finder den frisk. Christian Frederik Emil Horneman (17. december 1840 – 8. juni 1906), en dansk komponist, dirigent, musikforlægger, organisator og lærer.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 39016

‎"UNDSET, SIGRID.‎

‎Egenhændigt postkort med underskrift til Fru Emmy Wissum (gift med ingeniør G. Wissum).‎

‎Dateret Lillehammer 12.2. 1927. ""Hjertelig tak for Deres elskværdige Hilsen!/ Vi ber dem ogsaa huske den lille/ St. Torfinns/ menighed i Deres bønner!"" Postkortet med fotografi af Hamar. Katolske St. Torfinn's Kapel på verso. Med den originale kuvert med maskinskrevet udskrift til ""Rev. Sr. Sunniva O.S.B./ Priory ""Regina Pacis""/, Schotenhof, Anvers,/ Belgique/ Belgien."" Den øvre del af kuverten er skåret ef - hermed poststemplingen.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40169

‎"KNUTSEN, FRIDTJOF.‎

‎Maskinskrevet brev med underskrift til Redaktør Uchermann (Tidens Tegn).‎

‎Dateret ""Oslo den, 16. sept. 1933"". 1 side tvær-8vo. Knutsen beder om pæn behandling af sin debutbog: ""Så underslår vi litt."" Han nævner også Oscar Hagens svindlerier.‎

‎Fridtjof Knutsen (1894 - 1961) var en norsk journalist og forfatter. Han var medarbeider ved Dagsposten i Trondheim (1914), ved Morgenposten i Oslo (1916), ved Tidens tegn (1917) og fra 1934 retsmedarbejder ved Aftenposten. Han skrev ca. 30 revyer (under pseudonymet Filius Kanuti) og ca. 30 kriminalromaner.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40173

‎"LØDRUP, HANS PETER ELISA.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev med underskrift til Sandvig.‎

‎Dateret Gudbrandsdølen, Lillehammer ""10.7.1931"". 1 side 4to. Brevet omhandler udgivelser og problemer med annoncer.‎

‎""Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup, født 1885, død 1955, født i Skien, norsk journalist og politiker (H). Redaktør av Riksmaalsbladet 1912-16, medarbeider i Aftenposten 1914-17 og 1923-30, redaktør (og eier) av Lillehammer Tilskuer 1930-40. Lødrup var i mange år medlem av Oslo bystyre og formannskap og hadde en rekke tillitsverv i Høyre og pressens organisasjoner. Utgav bl.a. Efter krigen. Politikk ute og hjemme (1925), Gustav Vigeland (1944), Vinjesvingen (1945), Det store oppgjør (1945)."" (Store norske Leksikon).‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40175

‎"LØDRUP, HANS PETER ELISA.‎

‎Maskinskrevet brev med egenhændig underskrift til redaktør Anders Uchermann-Sandvig, Skiensfjordens Presse.‎

‎Dateret Gudbrandsdølen, Liellhammer, ""6 marts 1933"". 1 side 4to. Bervet omhandler sættere og arbejdsretten.‎

‎""Hans Peter Elisa Lødrup, født 1885, død 1955, født i Skien, norsk journalist og politiker (H). Redaktør av Riksmaalsbladet 1912-16, medarbeider i Aftenposten 1914-17 og 1923-30, redaktør (og eier) av Lillehammer Tilskuer 1930-40. Lødrup var i mange år medlem av Oslo bystyre og formannskap og hadde en rekke tillitsverv i Høyre og pressens organisasjoner. Utgav bl.a. Efter krigen. Politikk ute og hjemme (1925), Gustav Vigeland (1944), Vinjesvingen (1945), Det store oppgjør (1945)."" (Store norske Leksikon).‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40177

‎"BULL, FRANCIS.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev med underskrift til ""Herr Raadmand Gustav Philipsen"".‎

‎Dateret "" 31 juli 1920"". 1 side 8vo. Meddeler at han vil ankomme til København den 4. august. Han skal bo hos sin ven bibliotekaren Carl S. Petersen. Han beder om en adresse til visitten.‎

‎Francis Bull og Carl S. Petersen udgav i 1920'erne en Holberg Ordbog. ""Det ansete P.G. Philipsens Forlag, der især udgav faglitteratur, førtes videre af sønnerne Ludvig (1855-95) og Gustav Philipsen (1853-1925). I årene omkring 1880 udvidede de forlaget til også at omfatte dele af samtidens danske skønlitteratur"" efter Ludvig Philipsens død blev det sammensluttet med Ernst Bojesens forlag under navnet Det Nordiske Forlag, der i 1903 fusionerede med Gyldendal."" (Store danske Leksikon)‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40341

‎"BULL, EDVARD.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev med underskrift til ""Hr. Rådmand Gustav Philipsen""‎

‎Dateret "" 1/9 1915."" 1 side 8vo. Brevet handler om et eventuelt bidrag til novemberheftet af ""St. Hallvard""‎

‎St. Hallvard utkom første gang i 1915, startet av arkeologen Anton Wilhelm Brøgger og historikeren Edvard Bull d.e. Tidsskriftet rettet seg mot et bredt publikum, og ville sette byens historie og egenart på dagsordenen. Utgivelsen stanset i 1923.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40344

‎"NYSTRÖM, JENNY.‎

‎Egenhændigt brev med underskrift til Curt Stooependaal.‎

‎Dateret ""Stockholm d. 15/4 1932."" 2 sider 8vo. Hun klager over helbredet"" det går langsomt med at blive rask og doktoren har foretaget mange undersøgelser. ""Doktor W. är mycket sympatisk och ovanligt snäll. Kan du tänke dig att han ej tog ett öre i betalning"". Hun overvejer at male noget smukt og skænke det til lægen. Hun meddeler at hendes besøg må udsættes til hun er mere rask. Hendes radio er gået i stykker og det kostede 20 Kroner. Vedlagt kuvert med udskrift.‎

‎Jenny Nystrøm (1954-1946), svensk illustrator af børnebøger. Brevet er til hendes søn, som også var kunstner.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40349

‎BRANDES, GEORG.‎

‎Carte de visite med portrætfoto.‎

‎Udateret, ca. 1890. 10 x 6 cm. Fotograf: Hansen & Weller, 14. Østergade.‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 40361

‎"RENAN, ERNEST.‎

‎Vie de Jésus. - [PMM 352 - THE HISTORICAL CHRIST - WITH ORIGINAL LETTER FROM RENAN]‎

‎Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. Lex 8vo. Bound uncut with the original printed wrappers in a very nice and elegant half morocco binding with five raised bands and gilt author and title to spine (Trinckvel). Wrappers a bit soiled, and a small repair to margin of front wrapper. Lower right corner of first two leaves repaired, far from afecting lettering. Otherwise a fine copy. Original handwritten and signed letter from Renan inserted between front end-papers. Withe the half-title (""Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier""). (4), LIX, (1), 462 pp. + (1) leaf (colophon).‎

‎True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus, which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Rare with the original wrappers. Renan's masterpiece constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The 1 full page original handwritten and signed (E. Renan) letter is dated August 1869 is about a certain Mr. Bambal, who, Renan writes, has left made a very good impression on him and has been a great help during his candidacee. He praises him as an intlligent man. Renan furthermore mentions a book that he wishes to give to the brother of the addressee of the letter. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. ""In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the ""Origins of Christianity"", which he continued with ""The Apostles"" (1866), ""Saint Paul"" (1869), ""The Anti-Christ"" (1873), ""The Gospels"" (1877), ""The Christian Church"" (1879) and ""Marcus Aurelius"" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the ""Life of Jesus""... Immediate success was partly a ""succès de scandale"" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence."" (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind, but based on historical sources. ""It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars"" and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success."" (PMM 352). ""C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme""... on peut considérer cette ""Vie de Jésus"" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue ""scientifique"", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?"" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. ""Il faut ajouter que la ""Vie de Jésus"" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps"" le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre."" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer.‎

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‎"GONCOURT, EDMOND et JULES de.‎

‎En 18.. - [ONE OF 84 COPIES - GEORGE SAND'S COPY]‎

‎Paris, 1851. Contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Internally brownspotted (due to the paper quality). A page has been inserted on to the half-title, on which is explained, in a neat late 19th century hand, that the present copy is that of George Sand and that it comes from the sale of her belongings. The rest of the page contains bibliographical information on the work. Nice copy.‎

‎The extremely scarce first edition, one of merely 84 copies that were not destroyed, of the first work by the Goncourt brothers - the work that laid the basis for their unique joint authorship. The famous brothers Edmond (1822-96) and Jules (1830-70) Goncourt played a unique role in 19th century French intellectual life. Together they developed a distinctive impressionistic style, called ""écriture artiste"""" their works are furthermore of great importance to the understanding of literary and social life of the period. They seminally influenced the naturalism and realism of 19th century literature - in the words of Émile Zola, they ""provided a new sense of nature"". The remarkable symbiosis in their collaboration, continuing to write as one until the death of Jules, has gone down in history as one of the most remarkable literary collaborations ever. They are considered aesthetes of the highest rank and were known as great collectors of art. They were also known to be highly neurotic and utterly misogynist. During the Second Empire they frequented the salon of Princess Mathilde and took part in the famous 'dîners Magny', the fortnightly gatherings that brought together leading men (and George Sand!) of letters and science at a Paris restaurant in the 1860'ies. In his will, Edmond left the entire Goncourt fortune to found the ""Académie Goncourt"", which began in 1903, when the prestigious Prix Goncourt was also founded. Their first work, ""En 18.."", was printed in 1000 copies, but it was confiscated by the censors and was burnt by the authors. Consequently, a mere 84 copies survived and the work is thus of the utmost scarcity. ""Cet ouvrage, qui a été tire à 1000 exemplaires, a été brûlé par les auteurs"" il n'existerait dans le commerce que 84 exemplaires donnés ou vendus."" (Carteret).""Premiers ouvrage des Goncourt, très rare, dont le manuscrit a subi des suppressions avant l'impression de l'edition de Bruxelles."" [the Brussels edition being the second edition, printed in 1884]. (Carteret). George Sand and the Goncourt brothers moved in the same intellectual and literary circles, were invited to the same places, the same salons, and had many friends in common. All three were seminal in determining the course of naturalistic writing of the 19th century. Interestingly, also George Sand began her literary career in as a collaboration, in a liaison with the writer Jules Sandeau. They published a few stories in collaboration, signing them ""Jules Sand"", before she began writing on her own. Carteret I:349. (listing a copy of the first edition sold in 1918 at 160 fr.).‎

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‎"ADORNO, THEODOR W.‎

‎Kritik des logischen Absolutismus. - [THE CRITIQUE OF LOGICAL ABSOLUTISM - PRESENTATION-COPY]‎

‎(Stuttgart, W. Kohlhammer, 1954). 8vo. Stapled with paper backstrip. Recto of f.1 with stamp: ""Sonderdruck aus Archiv für Philosophie Band ""5"" (in hand-writing) Heft ""2"" (in handwriting)"" and with a four-line presentation-inscription from the author, signed ""Theodor Adorno"" and dated ""Frankfurth, Sept. 1954."" Pp. 130-169.‎

‎First edition, off-print, presentation-copy, of Adorno's ""Critique of the Logical Absolutism"", constituting his foundational critique of Husserls' theory of logical validity and its assistance on the absolute separartion between logical validity and subjective thought process, for which Adorno introduced the them ""logical absolutism"". The present critique of Husserl's logical absolutism profoundly influenced 20th century continental philosophy. The important and influential German philosopher and sociologist, Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903 - 1969), was a leading member of the Frankfurt School, together with e.g. Horkheimer, Benjamin, and Habermas. He taught philosophy at the university of Frankfurt, but as a Jew, his teaching position was taken from him in 1933. He went to Oxford to teach, and in 1938 he emigrated to America, where he was the leader of several sociological projects in both New York and Los Angeles. Together with Horkheimer he wrote the theoretical manifest of the Frankfurt School, the ""Dialektik der Aufklärung"". In 1949 he returned to Frankfurt, where he became professor of philosophy and sociology. ""Theodor W. Adorno was one of the most important philosophers and social critics in Germany after World War II. Although less well known among anglophone philosophers than his contemporary Hans-Georg Gadamer, Adorno had even greater influence on scholars and intellectuals in postwar Germany. In the 1960s he was the most prominent challenger to both Sir Karl Popper's philosophy of science and Martin Heidegger's philosophy of existence. Jürgen Habermas, Germany's foremost social philosopher after 1970, was Adorno's student and assistant. The scope of Adorno's influence stems from the interdisciplinary character of his research and of the Frankfurt School to which he belonged. It also stems from the thoroughness with which he examined Western philosophical traditions, especially from Kant onward, and the radicalness to his critique of contemporary Western society. He was a seminal social philosopher and a leading member of the first generation of Critical Theory."" (SEP).‎

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