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LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM. Die Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts. 90, [2] pages, including final blank. 8vo, 157x96 mm, contemporary paste-paper boards, spine faded; indistinct stamp on title and last page, scattered minor stains. Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss und Sohn, 1780
first edition; second state of pages 55 (corrected to "weicht" on line 6) and 69 ("nur" on line 5). "Along with Nathan [der Weise], it represents the highpoint of the clash of Lessing as a religious enlightener with Christian orthodoxy. The 'education' in the title does not refer to a pedagogical process but corresponds to Lessing's notion of religion"--Lilly Library, The Transition to Modern Germany 113.
