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710 - Bahrdt, Carl Friedrich
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Bahrdt, Carl Friedrich A collection comprising four contemporary works, some of which are rare, in their first editions. Berlin, Züllichau and elsewhere, 1787–91. Four works by and about Carl Friedrich Bahrdt (1741–92), a Protestant theologian and author who was controversial throughout his life due to his radical Enlightenment views and his lifestyle. In 1789, Bahrdt was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in a fortress for a satire on the Prussian religious edict. – Contains 1. (Carl Friedrich Bahrdt.) On Freedom of the Press and its Limits. For the consideration of rulers, censors and writers. Züllichau, Frommann, 1787. 2 leaves (title page, preface, table of contents), 172 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half-leather binding with a blank paper spine label (slightly bumped and scuffed). First and only edition. – VD18 1272159X – Holzmann/Bohatta IV, 7545. - Provenance: Nikolaus Döry, Baron of Jobhaza (1860–1923), bearing his lithographed heraldic ex-libris by E. Krahl on the front endpaper and his stamp on the flying endpaper (recto). - With small foxing spots in places; otherwise a clean, wide-margined copy. - 2. The same author. History and Diary of My Imprisonment, together with Secret Documents and Excerpts concerning the German Union. 2 parts, i.e. Vol. 1, fol., (title page), 142 pp., 192 pp. Berlin, Vieweg the Elder, 1790. Small 8°. Contemporary half-leather binding with gold-embossed title on a paper label (with some defects in the covering, bumped, scuffed). - First edition. - VD18 10197184. - Rear endpaper missing. Slightly browned throughout, with some foxing and finger stains in places; otherwise well preserved. - 3rd ed. Pott. The Life, Opinions and Fate of Carl Friedrich Bahrdt. Drawn from documents. With an engraved frontispiece and copperplate illustration. No place and printer (Halle, Reinicke or Leipzig, Walter), 1790. VIII, 238 pp. 8°. Temporary binding with a replaced spine, the latter bearing a handwritten title (stained, dog-eared). - First edition. - Jacob-Majewski 41. - Hayn-Gotendorf I, 165. - MNE II, 127. - Not listed in VD18. - Private library label on the reverse of the front cover. - Water-stained in places, otherwise a clean, untrimmed copy. - 4. (Laukhard, Friedrich Christian.) Contributions and Corrections to Mr D. Karl Friedrich Bahrdt’s Biography. In Letters from a Palatine. No place, no printer (Halle, Hendel), 1791. VII, 248 pp. 8°. Later interim binding with handwritten title; the back cover of the original binding is included. - First edition. - VD18 11166010. - Holzmann/Bohatta I, 4459. - Hayn-Gotendorf I, p. 165. - Wilpert/Gühring 3. - Dusty, with small fox-spots in the white margins; otherwise a well-preserved, wide-margined copy. Four scarce first editions by and about Carl Friedrich Barth (1741–92), a Protestant theologian and author whose radical Enlightenment views and lifestyle made him a controversial figure throughout his life. In 1789, Barth was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in a fortress for a satire on the Prussian Edict of Religion. - For further details, see the German description above.
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