Nov 08, 2007 - Sale 2127

Sale 2127 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MENDELSSOHN, MOSES. Jerusalem; oder, Über religiöse Macht und Judentum. [2], 96, 141 pages * ZÖLLNER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH. Ueber Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem. [2], 186 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 sheep gilt, spine faded, chipped at top, stain on front cover; occasional browning and light marginal dampstaining, early owner's extensive annotations on front free endpaper. 19th-century label of the Gleim'sche Familienstiftung. Berlin: Friedrich Maurer, 1783; 1784

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first editions of Mendelssohn''s defense of Judaism and plea for cultural and religious tolerance, and a contemporary critique by a Protestant theologian. EJ XI, 1331-32.