In pleasant contemporary binding
Publication: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, Riga, 1788.
Kant’s famous second Critique in a lovely example of the first edition.
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A fresh example in a lovely binding of the first edition of Kant’s celebrated ‘Critique of Practical Reason’ in which the philosopher formulates the ‘categorical imperative’, the foundation of modern ethics.
Bibliography
PMM 226 (note).
Item number
1424
Octavo (19.7 x 11 cm). Woodcut vignette on title.
Binding
Contemporary half calf, spine gilt decorated in compartments with floral motifs, yellow edges.
Condition
Hand-written inscription to title, binding rather rubbed and scuffed, esp. at extremities, corners a bit bumped; otherwise fresh internally.
[TOLSTOY] – NOROV, Avraam Sergeevich
Voina i mir (1805-1812). S istoricheskoi tochki zrenia i po vospominaniam sovremennika. Po povodu sochinenia L.N.Tolstogo "Voina i mir" [War and Peace (1805-1812). From an Historical Perspective and Following Memories of a Contemporary. About the work of Count L.N. Tolstoy, "War and Peace"]
A very rare extensive review and analysis of Tolstoy's masterpiece, published by a writer and book collector immediately when War and Peace's first edition was being brought out.
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