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Paris: Collectif Change, 1975. First edition. Very Good +. VARIOUS. Change 22: Limprononcable. Lecriture nomade. Collectif Change, Paris, Fevrier1975. TP + 3 4 = Table + 5 222 + 1 leaf, Octavo. First Edition.A collection of philosophical essays by leading French intellectuals of the 20th century. Authors include Levinas and Blanchot, among others.CONDITION: Original wrappers, bright and clean, with slight edgewear. A very good+ copy. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Chemnitz: Schmeitzner, 1877. first French edition. Wraps. Near Fine. The First French Edition of Nietzsche’s First Book on WagnerNIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Richard Wagner a Bayreuth (Richard Wagner in Bayreuth [French Version], Schmeitzner, Chemnitz, 1877. TP + [1]-197 + [199] = Fautes d’impression, 12mo. First French Edition in Original Wraps (Schaberg 28). There is little documentation regarding the beginnings of the second French translation prepared by Marie Baumgartner. [The first of Schopenhauer als Erzieher was never published.] Certainly, both Nietzsche and Frau Baumgartner were confident that if they got Richard Wagner translated, Schmeitzner would be able to arrange publication.Marie Baumgartner wrote to Nietzsche on 11 October 1876—only three months after the book's original appearance in German—to say that: "tomorrow the last pages of the translation will be in the mail and any day now the correction sheets should begin to arrive.… Read More

Leipzig: C. G. Fritzsch, 1898. First printing. Wraps. Very Good +. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Gedichte und Spruche (Poems and Maxims) C. G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1898. TP + 1 leaf + [V] – XXII + [1] – 203 + 6 leaves = advertisements, 16mo. First Edition. Schaberg 59. INSCRIBED BY ELISABETH FORSTER-NIETZSCHE.The first printing of several of Nietzsche's poems. This book was made available in four different bindings and a total of 1,000 copies were printed. The dedication is written by Nietzsche's sister Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, the editor of the book, and reads "Herrn Aug. Beck mit den herzlichsten Grüssen v. d. Herausgeberin" (To Mr. Aug. Beck with the kindest regards, the editor).CONDITION: Original green printed wrappers, inscribed on front free endpaper. A scarce book in any binding, but especially in original wraps. Very good condition in custom clamshell box. CONDITION: Original green printed wrappers, inscribed on front free endpaper. A… Read More

Kjøbenhavn: C.A. Reitzel, 1843. First edition. Very Good +. First Edition of Kierkegaards RepetitionKIERKEGAARD, Soren. Gjentagelsen. Et forføg i den experimenterende Psychologi auf Constantin Constantius. (Repetition. An Essay in Experimental Psychology). C.A. Reitzel, Kjøbenhavn, 1843. 1 blank leaf + TP + [3]-157 + 1 blank leaf, 12mo. First Edition (Himmelstrup 53)."A pseudonymous aesthetic work, published on the same day as Fear and Trembling. Lowrie viewed 'repetition' as the most important and most puzzling term in Kierkegaard's vocabulary. It is associated with natural repetition, with the young lover's futile efforts to repeat particular experiences, and with the stories of Abraham, who receives his son back, and of Job, who receives everything back. But as Lowrie notes, for Kierkegaard, such physical repetition matters only insofar as it may lead to an intuition of repetition as a religious category, 'a movement in virtue of the absurd' through which the individual achieves a second,… Read More

Paris: Editions du Seuil,, 1963. First printing. Very Good/none. BARTHES, Roland. Sur Racine (On Racine). Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1963. Half-title + TP + 1 leaf + 9 - 167 + 2 leafs = Table + 1 leaf = Imprime, Octavo. SIGNED First Edition. On Racine is a brilliant, personal view of theatre in which Barthes discusses all the major tragedies of Racine as well as the range of critical views of his work. CONDITION: Original printed wrappers. Usual review copy perforations 'SP' to last few leaves and rear wrapper. Signed and inscribed on half-title page. Original printers band loosely laid-in. Very good. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Original printed wrappers. Usual review copy perforations 'SP' to last few leaves and rear wrapper. Signed and inscribed on half-title page. Original printers band loosely laid-in. Very good.

[Amsterdam]: [Aart Wolsgrein], 1691. First edition. Very Good +. [DUIJKERIUS, Johannes] Het leven van Philopater, opgewiegt in Voetiaensche talmeryen, en groot gemaeckt in de verborgentheden der Coccejanen. Een waere historie. [Bound with:] Vervolg van 't leven van Philopater. Geredded uit de verborgentheeden der Coccejanen, en geworden een waaragtig wysgeer. Een waare historie. Tot Groeningen, voor Siewert van der Brug, in de Waerheyd [Aart Wolsgrein, Amsterdam] 1691 & 1697. 1 leaf + TP + [i] – [xiv] = voorreden + 1 – 221 + 1 leaf + TP + 3 – 12 = voorreden + 1 – 292. 12mo. First Editions.First (only) edition of the two famous Spinozistic Philopater-novels. The first volume describes the fight of the protagonist Philopater (very much similar to the author) against the orthodox Calvinism of Voetius and Coccejus, with some references to Spinoza and his followers. Since both the orthodox and the more liberal party in the Dutch Republic were attacked it did not… Read More

[Amsterdam]: [Jan Rieuwertsz],, 1677. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/none. First Edition of Spinoza’s Masterwork – Ethica, Ordine Geometrico demonstrataSPINOZA, Baruch. Opera Postuma, Quorum series post Præfationem exhibetur. [Jan Rieuwertsz], [Amsterdam], 1677. TP + 18 leaves = Præfatio + half title + [1]-614 + 16 leaves = Index Rerum + half title + 1-112 + 4 leaves = Indiculus & Errata. First Edition.Published in the year of Spinoza's death, this posthumous collection was edited by his close friend, Jarig Jelles, whose preface, originally written in Dutch, was translated into Latin by L. Meyer. Spinoza had contemplated publishing his Ethica two years earlier but the furor over his supposed atheism forced him to postpone the book’s release. The day before his death, Spinoza arranged for these works to be published by sending them to Jan Rieuwertsz who had previously published his Principia on Descartes and the… Read More

Chemnitz: Schmeitzner, 1878. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich, Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy). Schmeitzner, Chemnitz, 1878. TP + [III]-IV + [1]-144, Octavo. The famous Second Edition, First Issue of Nietzsche's first book. (Schaberg 30). The publication history of Nietzsches Birth of Tragedy is about as complicated as any. The 143-page first edition appeared in 1872, published by E.W. Fritzsch. Shortly after its release, Fritzsch printed a second edition that included Nietzsches corrections, extending the text to 144 pages. This was completed by March of 1874, yet because of some conflicts between Nietzsche and Fritzsch (and the financial difficulties Fritzsch was experiencing), the 750 copies of this 144-page second edition were never available for sale. They sat in a warehouse for 4 years, until Schmeitzner, Nietzsches new publisher, acquired the copies. Schmeitzner affixed his own label on top of the original publishers information and made the books… Read More

Paris: la Libraire Scientifique-Industrielle de L. Mathias et chez Carilian-Goeury et V.or Dalmont, 1848. First Edition. Original cloth. Very good +. The Origins of Positivism COMTE, Auguste. Discours sur lensemble du positivisme, ou Exposition sommaire de la doctrine philosophique et sociale propre à la grande République Occidentale, composeè des cinq populations avanceé. à la Libraire Scientifique-Industrielle de L. Mathias et chez Carilian-Goeury et V.or Dalmont, Paris, 1848. PAGINATION. Octavo. First Edition. The truly scarce first edition of a collection of the lessons that Comte held between February and April 1847. In these lectures he presented a true programmatic manifesto against the "idiocy of the scholars." Positivism sought to apply the laws of physics to human behavior, insisting that such a scientific approach to society and social programs could effectively reduce if not eliminate suffering. His vision would soon be converted to positivism, a philosophical view that was… Read More

[Geneva]: Henr. Stephani, 1578. First Edition. vellum. Very good. The STEPHANUS Plato The Book That Established the UNIVERSAL REFERENCE System for Platos Writings PLATO. Platonis opera quae extant omnia. (The Complete Works of Plato) [Title also in Greek], Henr. Stephani, [Geneva], 1578. First Greek/Latin Edition. Volume 1: TP + 16 unnumbered leaves [handwritten replacement preliminaries circa 18th c = Dedication to Queen Elizabeth + Studioso Lectori + Platone Epigrammata] + Catalogus Dialogorum + half title (with first page of text - unnumbered - on the verso) + 1 469 + 471 + 471 542. Volume 2: Half-title + blank leaf lettered AA.i. + 3 unnumbered leaves [printed replacement preliminaries circa 18th c. = Dedication to King James the Sixth of Scotland (later James the First of England) + Two Poems] + 3-701 + 672 673 + 704 992. Volume 3: Half-title + 3 unnumbered leaves [handwritten replacement preliminaries circa 18th c. = Dedication to the Republic of Bern + Poem] + AAAA.i. = Contents Page… Read More

Londres: par M. Mirabaud, 1770. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The Bible of Materialism (PMM 215) HOLBACH, Baron Paul von. Systême de la Nature. ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral (The System of Nature. or The Laws of the Physical and Moral World), par M. Mirabaud, [printer unidentified], Londres [Amsterdam], 1770. In two volumes: Volume 1: 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP + 2 pp. = Avis de lEditeur + 4 pp. = Preface de lAutuer + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] [370] + 1 blank leaf; Volume 2: 1 blank leaf + TP + 2 pp. = Table des Chapitres + [1] 412 + 4 pp. = errata1 blank leaf; small Octavo. First Edition, First Printing. PMM 215 This is the true first edition with the correct pagination and the comma after Londres. Also included here is the rarely seen 4-page Errata at the end of volume 1 -- which was added during the printing process when the mistakes were first discovered. In the Systême Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all… Read More

Paris: Guliemi Rouillij et Philippi G. Rouillij, 1563. First Edition. vellum. Very good. The Nature of Things (PMM 87) LUCRETIUS, Carus Titus. De Rerum Natura. Libri Sex. A Dionysio Lambino. Monstroliensi litterarum Graecarum in vrbe Lutetia, doctore Regio, locis innumerabilibus ex auctoritate quinque codicum manuscriptorum emendati, atque in antiquum acnatiium statum fere restituti, & pretarea breuibus, & perquam vtilibus commentariis illustrati. Guliemi Rouillij et Philippi G. Rouillij, Paris, 1563. 1 blank leaf + TP + [iii] - [xiv] = Karolo Valesio Nono + [xv] - [xvi] = Dionysius Lambinus + [xvii] - [xix] = Idem erudito Lectori + [xx] = Avratus in Lucretium + [xxi] - [xxii] = Philippus Galterus + [xxii] - [xxiv] = errata + 1 - 559 + 1 blank leaf, Small Quarto. First Lambin Edition. PMM 87 Denis Lambin [1520-1572] was a French classical scholar and professor of Latin & Greek. One of the grandest and most moving poems in the Latin language, Lucretius' work has delighted inquiring minds in every… Read More