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[SPINOZA (Baruch)]. Tractatus theologico-politicus containin…
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9
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[SPINOZA (Baruch)]. Tractatus theologico-politicus containin…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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Description
[SPINOZA (Baruch)]. Tractatus theologico-politicus containing several treatises, demonstrating that the freedom to philosophise can not only be granted without compromising piety and the peace of the Republic, but that it cannot be taken away without also undermining the peace of the Republic and piety itself. Hamburg, published by Henricus Künraht [Amsterdam, Israël de Paul], 1670. Small quarto, ivory vellum, plain spine with title in ink on the spine (contemporary binding).
[VI] ff. + 233 + [I (errata)] pp. + [I (blank)] f. signed: *4, **2, A-Z4, Aa-Ff4, Gg2.
FIRST EDITION & SECOND ISSUE (with p. 42 incorrectly numbered ‘24’ and the publisher’s name correctly spelled ‘Kunraht’) of Spinoza’s theological-political treatise, published anonymously and under a false address for fear of political and religious persecution.
GOOD COPY IN ITS PERIOD VELIN.
Bamberger, ‘The early editions of Spinoza’s Tractatus’, Studies in Bibliography and Booklore, 1962, V, pp. 9–33; Graesse VI, 469.
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Antique and 19th-century paintings, Drawings, Furniture, Works of art, Silverware, Books
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06/24/2026 at 2:30 PM
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