Practical Philosophy of Social Life, Or, the Art of Conversing with Men

Knigge, Adolf; Peter Will (Trans)

Verlag: Penniman & Bliss, Lansingburgh NY, 1805

Beschreibung

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 368 pages; 1805 Penniman & Bliss, Lansingburgh NY. 1st American edition, after the London edition of 1799. Xxxvii; 368 pp. Full period speckled calf appears to have been artfully rebacked with original leather spine. Replaced red leather title label. Soundly bound and clean with a period prior ownership of a David Smith penned to front pastedown and a later 1860 penciled gift inscription to the front flyleaf. Occasional mild spotting or offset toning from vegetal material that had been laid in. E8 (pp 47/48) has had a piece of the page that was torn away mended with a quite old sewn/threaded repair; no loss of text or margin. Adolf Franz Knigge (1752-1796) studied Law, admitted to Court and served as a Civil Administrator in Frankfurt-on-Main. This is his chief literary work in which he lays down rules to be observed for attaining a peaceful, happy and useful life. Under the name "Philo" he was a very active member of the "Illuminati" Society founded by Adam Weishaupt, which later evolved in part to the Free Masons. Solid and well preserved copy and uncommon thus. VG. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 51201

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Practical Philosophy of Social Life, Or, the...

Verlag: Penniman & Bliss, Lansingburgh NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 1805

Einband: Leather

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First American Edition.