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réf. L3 box41 v3eThis is Eight Volume Set in German new books red cloth hardcover bound with dust jacket case is not included. The pictures only show 1 volume the other 7 volumes are the same appearance. The details as below: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Werke in 8 Banden. In Zusammenarbeit mit Karl Eibl Helmut Gobel Karl S. Guthke Albert von Schirnding und Jorg Schonert herausgegeben von Herbert G. Gopfert Textredaktion dieses Bandes: Sibylle von Steinsdorff Lizenzausgabe 1996 fur die Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Bestellnummer 13317-X Alle Rechete vorbehalten @ 1970 Carl Hanser Verlag Munchen Gesetzt aus der Sabon-Antiqua Druck und Bindung: Friedrich Pustet Regensburg Printed in Germany Band I: Gedichte . Fabeln . Lustspiele. Band II: Trauerspiele . Nathan der Weise . Dramatische Fragmente. Band III: Rezensionen 1747-1755 . >>Briefe<< . Aus den Beitragen zur Historie und Aufnahme des Theaters Vorrede. Plautus. Werenfels . Vorreden zu Voltaire zu Mylius zu eigenen Schriften . Ein Vade mecum fur den Hrn. Sam. Gotth. Lange . Rettungen des Horaz . Pope ein Metaphysiker! Gluckwunschungsrede 1743 . Gedanken uber die Herrnhuter. Band IV: Aus der Theatralischen Bibliothek . Vorreden zu Thomson und Diderot . Briefwechsel mit Mendelssohn und Nicolai . Sophokles . Aischylos . Euripides . Hamburgische Dramaturgie. Band V: Rezensionen und Anzeigen 1757-1770 . Briefe die neueste Literatur betreffend . Abhandlungen uber die Fabel . Zerstreute Anmerkungen uber das Epigramm . Uber die Fabeln der Minnesinger . Die Nachtigall . Fragmente . Kollektaneen u. a. Band VI: Laokoon samt NachlaB . Briefe antiquarischen Inhalts samt NachlaB . Wie die Alten den Tod gebildet . Ehemalige Fenstergemalde im Kloster Hirschau . Vom Alter der Olmalerei . Uber die Ahnenbilder der alten Romer . Tagebuch der italienischen Reise . Aus den Kollektaneen u. a. Band VII: Theologiekritische Schriften einschlieBlich des Reimarus-Komplexes. Band VIII: Der Goeze-Streit samt den >>Freiwilligen Beitragen<< von Goeze . Philosophische Schriften im Anhang: F.H. Jacobi uber seine Gesprache mit Lessing . Personenregister . Register der Hinweise auf eigene Werke Lessings. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft hardcover
1962réf. 82247Print Council of American. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0028HWNT4. 72 pages 55 plates lg. 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1962. Print Council of American paperback
1962réf. 82246Print Council of American. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Corresponds to ASIN: B001881J7G. 72 pages 55 plates lg. 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1962. Print Council of American paperback
2004réf. 82482Quantuck Lane. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ISBN: 1593720203. 456 pages 400 photos. -- with a bonus offer--; Erich Lessing is a legend in photography. Born in 1923 in Vienna he became a photo-reporter for Associated Press in 1947 and in 1951 he became one of the earliest members of the legendary Magnum photo cooperative. His remarkable 1950s images documenting post-World War Europe and particularly his pictures of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution garnered worldwide admiration. Lessing's works always revolve around the human condition at the moment when power and powerlessness come face to face when the joy of living is suddnely overclouded with pain. His photographs seize the opportunity to recount an instant of history that will never be repeated. This monumental book is a tribute to Lessing's talent as a photojournalist and a visual record of a time of turmoil and great change. Lessing has received international honors including the American Art Directors' Award the Grand Austrian State Prize for Artistic Photography and many others. 400 duotone photographs. . 2004. 1593720203 . Quantuck Lane hardcover
1965réf. 84255National Gallery of Arts. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 148 pages 365 illustrations 4to. -- with a bonus offer--; 365 Woodcuts and Metalcuts fully cataloged and described in this National Gallery of the Arts work. Crisp clear reproductions and informative accurate text are the hallmark of the National Galleries work and this one is more proof of that quality. A must have for collectors and artists. . 1965. National Gallery of Arts paperback
2014réf. 107276The MIT Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . 2014. 0262026759 . The MIT Press hardcover
2012réf. 102130Wayne State Univ Pr; Wallstein. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- -- with a bonus offer-- . 2012. Wayne State Univ Pr; Wallstein hardcover
2011réf. 101515Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- WITH DVD. 766 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2011. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers hardcover
réf. 37137Library of the Liberal Arts / Bobbs Merrill. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - Corresponds to / earlier edition and different translation of ISBN: 2705661468 -- with a bonus offer--; T-Leslao; Lessing Gotthold Ephraim; translated By McCormick Edward Allen Laocoön Laokoön . 1962. 2705661468 . Library of the Liberal Arts / Bobbs Merrill paperback
1933réf. 82320Institute; Et Al. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B001ROGVM4. 68 pages 13 illus. 12mo. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1933. Institute; Et Al paperback
1933réf. 82319Institute; Et Al. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B00088T5R8. 68 pages 13 illus. 12mo. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1933. Institute; Et Al paperback
1933réf. 82321Institute; Et Al. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B001NJRYQA. 68 pages 13 illus. 12mo. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1933. Institute; Et Al paperback
1933réf. 82323Institute; Et Al. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B000KC0U3A. 68 pages 13 illus. 12mo. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1933. Institute; Et Al paperback
1933réf. 82322Institute; Et Al. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0012J00XA. 68 pages 13 illus. 12mo. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1933. Institute; Et Al paperback
2016réf. 122010Museum. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened – with a bonus offer-- . 2016. 0972848436 . Museum hardcover
1766réf. 42808Berlin: Voss 1766. "Opened up a New Prospect in the Appreciation of Greek Literature" Printing and the Mind of Man Lessing Gotthold Ephraim 1729-81. Laokoon: Oder über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie. Erster Theil all published. 8vo. 8 298pp. Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss 1766. 196 x 122 mm. Half sheep gilt spine ca. 1766 light rubbing and edgewear. Minor foxing and toning but very good. Former owners' signatures on front endpaper and title. First Edition. The German philosopher and critic Gotthold Lessing was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era; "it was he more than any other who laid the foundations of the intellectual primacy of German writers and thinkers in the nineteenth century" Printing and the Mind of Man 213. His Laokoon probably his best-known work had an enormous influence on the development of art and literary criticism: "Laokoon takes its name from the famous statue discovered at Rome in the sixteenth century. It analyzes the differences between the sculptor's treatment of Laocoon wrestling with the serpents and Virgil's treatment of the same theme and from there does on to discuss the limits and limitations of all the arts. It contains the first clear statement of the truth which is now considered axiomatic that every art is subject to limitations and can achieve greatness only by a clear understanding of a self-restriction to its proper function. The most telling passages and those which have borne most fruit are those on poetry . . . Lessing's exposition of the themes of Homer and Sophocles is especially effective and he opened up a new prospect in the appreciation of Greek literature" Printing and the Mind of Man. . Voss unknown books
réf. 54777Frankfurt Deutscher Klassiker Verlag 1985 - 2001. Kl.8° 1459 1376 1281 930 1216 1142 1178 1188 1380 1318 1006 1180 u. 703 S. OLdr. m. goldener Rückenprägung u. HLdr.-OU m. goldener Rückenprägung Kopfgoldschnitt 2 Lesebändchen. OUs am Rücken tlw. min. beschienen; die Bücher tadellos und meist ungelesen. Jeweils EA. = Bibliothek deutscher Klassiker Bd. 47 149 148 53 57 6 172 45 94 176 17 36 117. Enth.: Bd. 1: Werke 1743 - 1750 Gedichte Frühe Lustspiele Übersetzungen; Bd. 2: Werke 1751 - 1753 Gedichte Rezensionen Kritische Briefe Übersetzungen; Bd. 4: Werke 1758 - 1759 Philotas Fabeln Fabelabhandlungen Briefe die neueste Litteratur betreffend: Bd. 5/I: Werke 1760 - 1766 Theater Diderots Leben des Sophokles Breslauer Entwürfe; Bd. 5/II: Werke 1766 - 1769 Laokoon Briefe antiquarischen Inhalts; Bd. 6: Werke 1767 - 1769 Minna von Barnhelm Hamburgische Dramaturgie Wie die Alten den Tod gebildet; Bd. 7: Emilia Galotti Werke 1770 - 1773 Emilia Galotti Anmerkungen über das Epigramm Zur Geschichte und Litteratur I/II; Bd. 8: Werke 1774 - 1778 Zur Geschichte und Litteratur III/IV Fragmentenstreit I Notizbuch der italienischen Reise; Bd. 9: Werke 1778 - 1780 Fragmentenstreit II Nathan der Weise; Bd. 10: Werke 1778 - 1781 Die Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts Ernst und Falk Zur Geschichte und Litteratur V/VI; Bd. 11/I: Briefe von und an Lessing 1743 - 1770; Bd. 11/II: Briefe von und an Lessing 1770 - 1776; Bd. 12: Briefe von und an Lessing 1776 - 1781. 010 Frankfurt, Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 1985 - 2001 unknown
1767réf. 28757Bln., Voss, 1767. Two nice, cont., uniform full calf w. five raised bands on backs, coloured title- and tome-labels and richly gilt backs. Traces of use, especially to the bands. Some gilding and part of title-label on vol. one worn off. Internally a bit of soiling, but a good copy on good paper. Old owner's name on t-p. (M. Harboe). Woodcut title-pages and vignettes.
1767réf. 28757Bln. Voss 1767. Two nice cont. uniform full calf w. five raised bands on backs coloured title- and tome-labels and richly gilt backs. Traces of use especially to the bands. Some gilding and part of title-label on vol. one worn off. Internally a bit of soiling but a good copy on good paper. Old owner's name on t-p. M. Harboe. Woodcut title-pages and vignettes. First edition of Lessing's first collection of "Lustspiele" containing the first printing of "Minna von Barnhelm".Lessing 1729-1781 is the most important literary writer of the Age of German Enlightenment; with him this period is fulfilled as well as overcome."Minna von Barnhelm" is one of Lessing's most important and successfull works and is considered one of the absolute best of his plays. "Es war die erste deutsche Dramatische Dichtung welche nicht gemacht sondern erlebt war." Hettner Geschichte der deutschen Literatur im 18. Jahrh. II: 310. Lessing himself wrote in a letter that should "Minna of Barnhelm" not turn out to be the very best of his plays he would be very disappointed and never have anything to do with the theatre again. " "Minna von Barnhelm" ist unbedingt die vollendeste dichterische Leistung Lessings." Hettner II: 310. Goethe also considered this work a masterpiece; he found it the most sincere thing to have come out of the Seven Years War and a work of immense importance and impact. With this work we find the genres of drama and comedy fulfilled."Nach ein paar Wanderjahren kehrte er nach Berlin zurück wo 1766 un 1767 zwei seiner Meisterwerke erschienen: der "Laokoon" und das Lustspiel "Minna von Barnhelm". Bücher die die Welt verändern # 213. See PMM 213.Has belonged to Th.E. Petersen and M. Harboe. hardcover
réf. 41121Christian Friedrich Voss In-8 4ff-298pp. reliure demi-basane et coins de l'epoque dos orne manques de cuir aux coiffes coins uses papier bruni Edition originale de : Laocoon ou les limites de la peinture et de la poesie Bwx-05 unknown
réf. DLIT0711Wien Im Verlage bey Anton Pichler 1801-1807. Kl.-8°. 1 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch fc. Titelbl. 4 nn. Bll. Vorrede S. 129-176 S. 1-16 S. 65-128 S. 17-64; S. 177-180; 2 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch del. et sc. Titelbl. 273 =243 S.; 3 Titelbl. gest. Fontisp. Weinrauch del. et fc. Reihent. 226 = 234 S.; 4 Reihent. Titelbl. 248 S. 2 nn. Bll.Verlagsanzeigen; 8 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch fec. Titelbl. 308 S.; 9 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch fec. Titelbl. 212 S.; 10 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch f. Titelbl. 250 S.; 11 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch fec. Titelbl. 268 S.; 12 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch f. Titelbl. 271 S.; 13 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch fec. Titelbl. 260 S.; 14 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch f. Titelbl. 258 S.; 15 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch fec. Titelbl. 322 S.; 16 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Titelbl. 192 S.; 17 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Titelbl. 234 S.; 18 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Titelbl. 220 S.; 19 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Titelbl. 201 S.; 20 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch f. Titelbl. 6 nn. Bll. 222 S.; 21 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. F. Weber sc. Titelbl. 198 S. mit 1. gef. Tab.; 22 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Fr. Weber sc. Titelbl. 234 S.; 23 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Fr. Weber sc. Titelbl. 255 S.; 24 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. J. Blaschke sc. Titelbl. 195 S.; 25 Reihent. Titelbl. 200 S.; 26 Gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch sc. 20 217 S.; 27 Gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch XXIV 248 S.; 28 7 = 8 S. mit 1 gest. Frontisp. F. Weber sc. 302 S. 1 n. Bl.; 29 XII S. mit 1 gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch del. G. J. Mansfeld sc. 284 S.; 30 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch f. Titelbl. 304 S.; 31 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. F. Weber sc. Titelbl. 290 S.; 32 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch del. J. Mansfeld sc. Titelbl. 324 S.; 33 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch fec. 283 S.; 34 Reihent. gest. Frontisp. Weinrauch f. Titelbl. 239 S.; 35 319 S. mit je zwei Zierleisten auf den Titelblättern u. wenigen Zierleisten im Text. Ansprechende Halblederbändchen d. Zeit mit hellem marmoriertem Rückenleder zwei goldgeprägten Rückenschildchen und geprägten Rückenzierlinien Einbanddeckel mit einfärbig bedrucktem Buntpapier überzogen Buchschnitte rot gesprenkelt mit je e. Lesebändchen insg. wenig fleckig Ecken meist bestoßen teilw. berieben mit mäßigem Wurmfraß. Seiten meist nur wenig vergilbt teilw. stockfleckig oder gebräunt einige wasserrandig mehrere Lagen des 1. Bandes sowie Ss. 129 bis 136 u. 137 bis 144 des 23. Bandes verbunden der 3. Band zählt bei gleichem Textabschluss - nur 234 statt der sonst in den Bibliothekskatalogen genannten 239 Seiten im 4. u. 25. Band fehlt das gestochene Frontispiz. Mit e. Besitzvermerk Unterschriftsstempel auf jedem vorderen fliegenden Vorsatzblatt avers Stefan von Auspitz lediglich der 8. Band trägt an dieser Stelle einen handschriftlichen Besitzvermerk S. von Auspitz und wenigen Bleistiftanmerkungen. Goedeke 4I3443. Muncker 536f. Vgl. ADB 6346f. - 32 Bände eines frühen Wiener Nachdrucks einer Gesamtausgabe der Werke des bedeutenden Dichters der Aufklärung Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781 lediglich der fünfte bis siebente sowie der letzte der 36. Band fehlen. Die erste teilw. noch von Lessing selbst besorgte und von J. J. Eschenburg fertiggestellte Gesamtausgabe erschien 1771-1794 in Berlin. Lessing war seit 1770 Bibliothekar in der Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel und korrespondierte mit bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten seiner Zeit. Der Literaturhistoriker J. J. Eschenburg 1743-1820 lehrte am Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig und gab Teile aus Lessings literarischem Nachlass heraus ""Besonders groß ist sein Verdienst um Sichtung und Herausgabe des Lessingschen Nachlasses zu welcher Arbeit er als Lessings Freund und Studiengenossein hohem Grade geeignet war. ADB"". Die Kupfertafeln der vorliegenden Ausgabe stammen von vielbeschäftigen Wiener Künstlern d. Zeit wie J. C. Weinrauch und J. Mansfeld. Die guterhaltenen Bände stammen aus der Bibliothek des Wiener Bankiers und Kunstsammlers Stefan von Auspitz 1869-1945. Wien, Im Verlage bey Anton Pichler 1801-1807. unknown
1951réf. 164596London: Michael Joseph 1951. Her first short story collection First edition of Lessing's first book of short stories inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Yours very sincerely Doris Lessing 6th March 1966". A collection of stories set in Africa this is Lessing's second book following her debut novel The Grass is Singing 1950. Octavo. Original brown cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Neat ownership signature to front free endpaper. Spine slightly cocked and faded lightly chipped at head and foot; jacket slightly rubbed spine chipped and toned a few tiny nicks to extremities unclipped: a very good copy in very good jacket. hardcover
réf. 2126432S.l.: s.n. May 1779. bound with:PFRANGER Johann Georg. Der Monch vom Libanon. Ein Nachtrag zu Nathan der Weise. Dessau: printed at the expense of the publisher Heinrich Heybruch for the Allgemeine Buchhandlung der Gelehrten. 1782. 8vo. Near-contemporary half sheep with pastepaper sides contrasting yellow and green morocco lettering-pieces to spine edges stained red marbled endpapers; Nathan der Weise: pp. 4 276; Der Monch: pp. 296; sporadic light spotting some dampstaining to a few pp. A8 and first few ff. of text subtly reinforced at inner margin; nonetheless very good; early ownership inscription 'Hartwig' to front free endpaper verso near-contemporary German purchase note to title of Nathan der Weise near-contemporary authorial attribution to title of Der Monch manuscript verse to front flyleaf see below nineteenth-century ink stamp 'M. Weller' to title and p. 7 of Nathan der Weise 1950s Slough 'Railways of the World' trading card loosely inserted.The true first edition printed in May 1779 for subscribers in the second state of Lessing's play Nathan der Weise Nathan the Wise promoting religious tolerance and friendship amongst Jews Christians and Muslims set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade. This copy is bound with Pfranger's sequel printed in the hometown of Moses Mendelssohn Lessing's friend and the inspiration for the character of Nathan.In 1778 whilst working as head librarian in Wolfenbuttel Lessing was banned from publishing theological prose due to the intensity of his theological dispute with Johann Melchior Goeze chief pastor of Hamburg. He consequently decided to see if he could 'preach undisturbed' from his 'old pulpit the stage' as he wrote to his brother in August 1778 - having published no plays since Emilia Galotti in 1772 - in the hope of playing a 'vexatious prank on the theologians' with his masterful Enlightenment treatment of religious tolerance. The first edition was printed anonymously for some 1200 subscribers followed by a trade edition printed in the same year by Christian Friedrich Voss in Berlin.The present edition features several distinguishing features: the quote from Gellius on the title opens 'Jntroite' rather than 'Introite' there is no full stop after 'wiederkommt' on p. 1 p. 123 is mispaginated 233 and p. 95 bears the line 'reichre Mann' instead of 'reicher Mann' corrected in later editions. 'There are copies of this edition that show various corrections even though they were pulled from the same setting of type' Muncker trans. This is Muncker's variant B in which the line 'Der reicher Jude' appears instead of 'Der reichre Jude'.This copy has been bound with the first edition of Der Monch vom Libanon a sequel conceived by the clergyman and friend of Schiller Johann Georg Pfranger 1745-1790 who felt that Lessing had 'undermined the honour of the Christian religion' Deutsche Biographie trans. Heinrich Heybruch printed this edition at Dessau - hometown of prominent Jewish Haskalah philosopher Moses Mendelssohn close friend of Lessing and the model for the sage Jewish protagonist of Nathan der Weise - on behalf of the Allgemeine Buchhandlung der Gelehrten General Bookshop for Scholars established in Dessau during the Enlightenment to promote self-published works. In 1805 Heybruch published a heavily revised edition of Mendelssohn's Be'ur the first Jewish translation of the Torah into German rendered in Hebrew letters. Provenance: Inscribed to the front flyleaf and signed 'Gleim' is the manuscript poem 'An unsere grossen Kunstler' in praise of Lessing and of Nathan der Weise: Grabt ihn in Kupfer schneidet ihn in SteinGiesst ihn in Erz! Er soll Exempel seynDen Weisesten die seine Werke lesen;Der Nathan den er malt der ist er selbst gewesen. Lessing sent fifteen copies of the subscribers' edition to his friend the poet Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim 1719-1803 as well as a specially bound author's copy. For three weeks Gleim wrote to Lessing in July 1779 'Nathan der Weise was my only companion. I have studied it; I have read it aloud. Oh how I would love to prove that you could not have created anything better in a book of twenty-four sheets. Everything is excellent: plot verse expression' trans.Gleim's poem would seemingly not be published until 1783 where it appeared in Issue 112 of the Berliner Zeitung and was reproduced in Winkopp's Bibliothek fur Denker und Manner von Geschmak in the same year. The Frankfurt antiquarian bookselling firm Joseph Baer & Co. recorded a copy of the second edition featuring the same poem in Gleim's hand to the front flyleaf cat. 517 c. 1905 no. 3338. Could ours be one of the fifteen subscriber's copies sent by Lessing to GleimNathan der Weise: VD18 11831499; Goedeke IV/1 Lessing 171; Muncker 22 pp. 458-459 variant B; Wilpert/Guhring Lessing 72. Der Monch vom Libanon: VD18 11867019; Goedeke IV/1 Lessing 171m. unknown
1962réf. 114758New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First American edition of the Nobel Prize winning author's magnum opus. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page "I wish you good fortune- Doris Lessing 17.7.80 24 Gada Garden London." Also with postcard from the British Museum signed by Lessing on the same date. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. I looked at her and thought: That's my child my flesh and blood. But I couldn't feel it. She said again: `Play mummy.' I moved wooden bricks for a house but like a machine. Making myself perform every movement. I could see myself sitting on the floor the picture of a `young mother playing with her little girl.' Like a film shot or a photograph." These words exemplify the themes Lessing struggled with in The Golden Notebook. They question the notion of identity. In the above quote the protagonist cannot reconcile who she needs to be to remain healthy and whole with what the ideologies of society require her to be. This obsession with constructing a comprehensive sense of identity leads to an infinite fictionalization of the protagonist's life. Lessing's work is not only a significant feminist polemic; it is a multilayered glance into the political climate of the 1960's. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1792réf. 1114Pesten Pest: Füskúti Landerer Mihály’ betűire 1792. First Hungarian edition. Woodcut device on title page and tail piece at end. In somewhat later green cloth with red title vignette on spine. Old double ownership stamp on title page and note in ink. Notes in ink on front endpaper. A light water stain to upper corner that effects the rear of the book. Overall in fine condition. First Hungarian edition. Woodcut device on title page and tail piece at end. In somewhat later green cloth with red title vignette on spine. 8 120 p. First Hungarian edition of Lessing’s 1767 comedy “Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück” Minna von Barnhelm or the Soldiers' Happiness.It was premiered in the same year in Hungary as the first Lessing play on stage in the country. Füskúti Landerer Mihály’ betűire unknown
