Apr 11, 2011 - Sale 2243

Sale 2243 - Lot 148

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(KANT, IMMANUEL.) Willich, Anthony Florian Madinger. Elements of the Critical Philosophy: containing a Concise Account of its Origin and Tendency . . . To which are added: Three Philological Essays; chiefly translated from the German of John Christopher Adelung. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Kant (foxed, lightly offsetting onto title). [8], vi, [2], 183, [1]; [8], clxxxvi pages. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, contemporary boards, rebacked; some marginal toning, paper crack along inner plate mark of portrait; uncut. London: T. N. Longman, 1798

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first edition. The work by Willich includes a glossary of Kantian terminology. The essays by Adelung deal with the English language, including one on the relative merits and demerits of Johnson's Dictionary.