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Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1877. First edition. contemporary boards. Very Good. First Edition of Paul Rée’s Book – A Significant Influence on NietzscheRÉE, Paul. Der Ursprung der moralischen Empfindungen (The Origin of the Moral Sentiments) Ernst Schmeitzner, Chemnitz, 1877. TP + [III] = Vorwort + [V] = Inhalt + [VII]-VIII = Intro + [1]-142 + [143] = Druckfehler, Octavo. First Edition.Nietzsche met Paul Rée in May of 1873. They traveled south together in October of 1877 en route to Sorrento, where they stayed for several months. Rohde and the Wagners – especially Cosima – blame Rée for the ‘corruption’ of Nietzsche during this Italian sabbatical. At the time, Nietzsche not only wouldn’t have denied this, he reveled in it. His presentation copy of Human, All Too Human to Rée was inscribed: “To you it belongs – to others it will be given!” and in a contemporary letter he commented:… Read More

Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. “The Historical Christ” (PMM 352) RENAN, Ernest, Vie de Jesus, Michel Lévy Frères, Paris, 1863. 1 blank leaf (with tipped-in signed letter from Renan on recto and picture of Jesus on verso) + half-title + TP + 1 leaf = “A L’ame Pure” + [iii] - lix = Introduction + [1] - 459 + [461] - 462 = Table des Matieres + 1 leaf, Octavo, SIGNED First Edition. PMM 352 “Renan’s theory of history was baed on personalities, and in reconstructing it he endeavored always to penetrate and to expound the psychology of the leading characters. Indeed, in 1845 he wrote, but never published, an essay on the psychology of Jesus; and in ‘Life’ he created what remains a figure of his own imagination. It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality—the son of man, but not the Son of a God” (PMM). PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 352 CONDITION: Very… Read More

à Genève: à Genève, 1782. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. One of the First Autobiographies, in the Tradition of Augustine ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Confessions. à Genève, 1782. Vol 1: Half-title + TP + [1] - 471; Vol 2: Half-title + TP + [1] - 279 + [1] - 300. 2-volume octavo. First Edition. First edition of Rousseau’s classic, bringing together the first 6 books of the Confessions and the Reveries of the Solitary Walker. The continuation of the Confessions would not appear until 1789. This is the so-called large print edition, first separate edition, to which Dufour and Emile Henriot attribute the character of the original edition; Tchemerzine hesitates with the publication in the collective edition from 1780-1782. One of the first real autobiographies, and the first to be an account of one’s life outside a religious context. CONDITION: Very Good+ in original, contemporary binding quarter-vellum, slightly rubbed, without volume numbers and with only one title label on volume one… Read More