Volume with two important articles by Moses Mendelssohn, one first edition, Vienna and Berlin, 1785-6. Original print.
[1] Abhandlung Von Der Unkorperlichkeit Der Menschlichen Seele. Vienna, 1785. First edition in German. “The eternity of the soul.” The title page notes that this is the first German edition, on the same topic as his lauded Phaedon that was published in 1767. 17 cm., 79 pages.
[1] Abhandlung uber die Evidenz in metaphysisichen Wissenschaften. Berlin, 1786. On Evidence in the Metaphysical Sciences was first published in 1753 and won a prize from the Berlin Academy. 17 cm., 144 pages.
Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was a German Jewish philosopher. He was the father of the Reform movement and represents the start of the modern era in the history of European Jewry. At the time, he successfully integrated in both the German and Jewish worlds. He published many essays, like these, which were widely accepted and appreciated by the German public, at the same time that he published the first modern Jewish periodical and translated the Pentateuch. These essays were printed during the last two years of his life.
Two essays bound together. They were originally printed without being cropped and without a binding. Aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.