Sturm Christopher Christian (51 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Volumes 1 (Spring) and 4 (Winter) only. Engraved title page and one engraving per month. [4], 83; [4], 75pp.; 6.5 x 4 in. *** Fair to good. All extremities rubbed with loss of leather; covers scuffed; joints heavily rubbed; fraying to spine tips (and at middle of spine on vol. 4 only); spine labels still legible with only minor scratches. Hinges strong; text clean and tight with moderate foxing to plates. *** "Sturm's Betrachtungen would probably have disappeared into the tapestry of history and been altogether forgotten had it not been a favorite of Beethoven's. Nevertheless, despite its present neglected status, the book was highly popular during its time. It was first published in 1773, subsequently went through multiple editions, and was translated into various languages. It was apparently translated into English 'by a lady' from a French translation of the original German by 1775, and the number of English and Scottish editions during Beethoven's lifetime is astonishing proof of its popularity. In 1808, for example, no less than three editions were published in London. The first American edition was published in 1814 by Ashbel Stoddard. [.] Despite the popularity of Betrachtungen, little has been written about its author. The only biography, Christoph Christian Sturms Leben und Charakter, appeared in 1786, the year of his death. [.] As a minister, Sturm preached both the love of Christ and, perhaps most significantly, religious tolerance. Sturm believed that intolerance towards any religion was not Christ-like. Indeed, he taught that the commandment 'love thy neighbor' should be taken strictly at its word. Because of this type of preaching, Sturm was known throughout Hamburg for his kindness and warmth. Besides preaching tolerance, Christoph Sturm was passionate about nature. Like many eighteenth-century writers, Sturm admired the beauty and splendor of nature and considered it to be a 'school for the heart.' Sturm's love of nature may be traced to his family. His grandfather was a scientist who frequently studied nature, and his father was also highly educated in science. The family's strong scientific background was undoubtedly passed down to Christoph, and many of Sturm's writings seek to explain nature 'scientifically.' An excellent example may be found in the essay for March 16, 'The Magnitude and Distance of the Sun': 'Accordingly, the sun's core is on average eighteen million, nine hundred, twenty thousand German miles from us. This is a distance that corresponds wonderfully to its use and with its effects.' This particular essay is like many others within the book: Sturm adheres only to the known facts and observations of his time. [.] Frequently, Sturm's writings do not strictly adhere to traditional Christian doctrine, thereby demonstrating the impact that the Enlightenment and reason had on popular religious beliefs of that time. In fact, many of the essays encourage the reader to seek and find God in nature. Furthermore, they assert the pantheistic view that God provides and cares for mankind in nature. Pantheism was an important religious influence in Europe during the Enlightenment. Unlike deism, in which God is an abstract figure who created the universe with a rational set of laws, pantheism expounds a much more personal relationship with God-a relationship to be found in the "observance" of nature. Pantheism is often referred to as the worship of God in nature. By this definition, many of Betrachtungen's essays are pantheistic." [Witcombe, Charles. "Beethoven's Markings in Christoph Christian Sturm's Reflections on the Works of God in the Realm of Nature and Providence for Every Day of the Year." The Beethoven Journal, Summer 2003].

Full-Leather. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 421 pp. Volume 2 only. The covers are detached. The covers are scuffed. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. SUPER FAST SHIPPING.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. pp. 622.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. With 419 pages, Two volumes bound into one for the year 1822, 6 illustrations only and 6 missing for Feb, May, July, Aug, Nov and Dec. Old auction label top of the spine, leather spine and corner tips with rubbing on the spine ends and corner tips. Cigarette ash burn marks in side margin on pages 85 to 92, solid and tight binding.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Richard Westall (illustrator). WINTER. A NEW TRANSLANTION. 88pp., original boards, corner and spine edges slightly rubbed and bumped, top of spine chipped, label slightly worn, minor staining to spine, edges uncut, page before title page neatly cut out, 4 engraved illustrations by Richard Westall within of Winter, October, November and December, binding sound, some occasional foxing. 7.25" x 4.25" Size: 7.25" x 4.25".

Condition: New. pp. 622.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Second edition. boards detached no spine nothing before title which is loose. Early pages have corner turned up. Book.

John Sharpe, 1824. Hardback, 12mo, [i],88pp, illustrated. Owner names (1832), a little foxed. Contemporary diced maroon calf, gilt, black spine labels (STURM and VOL. II.), faded and rubbed. A fair copy.

Leather. Condition: Fair. 386 + 421pp. Cover very worn (see pic) but all still holding together. Some age staining as expected but generally interior in nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions but a small label of The Blue Funnel Line inside cover. Weighs 1kg. Picture of this book available.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. The book is solid. The pages are tight and are wrinkled. There are some b/w illustrations. The pages are foxed throughout and have some remnant of a damp stain is several parts. The front inside hinge has been reinforced with library type tape. The endpapers are foxed and have a little staining and pencil writing. The covers are full leather. There is a vertical crack in the spine down through the label ( it is still tight ). The covers are worn and heavilly scuffed.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Two volumes in one. Reading copy only. Front board detached, but present. Slightly dampstained. (christianity, christian living, devotional).

Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. An acceptable condition book bound in dark full leather. Both volumes are bound together into one book. The leather covers are notably scuffed all over and very chipped at their edges. The spine shows heavy creasing and cracking. There is a crack to the hinge beside the front board but generally both boards are still firmly attached. The frontispiece of volume one is loose and tidemarked with one dog-eared edge. The frontispiece and title page of volume two is nearly loose and in similar shape. The rest of the pages are fairly well bound. The internal contents show a typical amount of tanning and age for a book over 2 centuries old, with deeply toned page edges that also waving. The contents show some marks and tanning but are also pleasantly uniform, with good unfaded print all throughout. Fine for use as a reading and reference copy and as expected for an early 1800s book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Full leather binding in good condition with excellent marbelled boards.

Half Leather. Condition: Fair. VOLUME 1 ONLY. Heavy age wear to spine & boards. Brown leather spine & corners, very rubbed marbled boards. Sporadic foxing to pages. FRONT HINGE CRACKED but sound. EX School library. 349pp.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, thick octavo, full marbled brown leather over boards, spine decorated in gilt. Diary of German protestant preacher Christopher Christian Strum, containing his reflections on God in every day life, two volumes in one. Good, front spine edge broken but holding, some edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: V.g. A new translation. REFLECTIONS on the Works of God an on His Providence in the Regions of Nature, and in the Government of the Universe. 12 months bound in 2 volumes. Full polished green calf with raised bands and gilt rules, borders and decorations. Marbled end-papers. Lacks the labels and rear board detached. Sturm's reflections translated from the German original. [17x10 cms]. Printed by Whittingham, Chiswick. Engravings by Richard Westall and John Pye. [foxed]. Ink signatures to recto of front free-endpapers.

Hardcover. Scan shows damage to one board, other volume shows some loss; 24mo - 6" tall; two volumes complete, dark green leather with overall blind stamping with ornate gilt tooling of that, all edges marbled, xvi, 359, viii, 399p., illustrated with engravings. Good+ of color at top of spine and hinge, board showing at most corners else clean and tight.

Quarter-Leather. Condition: Good. Reprint. A new edition in three volumes - Volume I is separate (520pp) and Volumes II and III (367pp and 395pp) are bound together in quarter leather with marbled boards. This edition dates from 1803 (Vol. I) and 1804 (Vols. II and III) - there were a number of editions published in the 1790s. The spines have some chipping at the top and bottom, the title panel is lost and there is a little cracking along the edge next to the front panel but the binding is secure enough. Rubbing and fraying to the corners with some surface and edge wear. Browning to the page edges. Browning to the endpapers with the name of a previous owner in ink to the front free endpaper - Lady Wale of Shelford near Cambridge. A family bookplate is also on the front pastedown. Browning and spotting in a number of places with the twelve engravings most affected. The pages are otherwise generally unmarked.

, 2 volumes, each volume has around 250 pages, each volume has 4 black and white plates First Edition , both volumes marked and sunned on the covers, previous owner's bookplates to front pastedowns, light foxing on the pages up to and including the title page on both volumes, good condition , full calf with a gilt title and 4 raised bands on the spine, marbled endpapers and edges , 12mo, 17 x 10 cm hardbacks ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Sturm, Christopher Christian. Reflections for every day in the year, on the works of God, in nature and providence / from the German of Christopher Christian Sturm. A new edition in two volumes, embellished with twelve beautiful engravings, emblematical of the twelve months. Bungay: printed and published by C. Brightly, 1807 (v.1); 1808 (v.2). Hardback, Good. Full calf, a little bumped to corners and rubbed to faces, with small blemishes and large black stains to the lower board of v.1 and the upper board of v.2. Spines in six panels with gilt decoration and volume numbers; black text boxes to second panel. Bindings strong.Light foxing as expected to endpapers, prelims and elsewhere. Frontispiece engravings. 350, [6]; 421, [8] pp., contents clean. Some dust-staining to edges of the text block. Christoph Christian Sturm (17401786) was a German preacher and author, best known for his Reflections on the Works of God in Nature. He left Halle in 1769, to become second pastor of the church of the Holy Spirit (Heilige-Geist-Kirche) at Magdeburg, where he passed the happiest part of his professional life, and where he wrote most of his devotional works. Sturm's works have been translated into numerous different languages and are still in use today. Beethoven owned a copy of the Reflections on the Works of God in Nature, which he annotated extensively. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1807-08. Hardback copy in full brown marbled leather boards, gold gilt lettering and borders, no dustjackets as issued. 350pp; 421pp. 12 b/w plates - 6 b/w plates to each volume. Not library copies, ink inscription to ffep of both volumes, some rubbing to board edges. (48/3).

Condition: NF. Translated from the German by Frederic Shoberl. Four volumes. Small 8vos. Extra engraved title and thirteen engraved plates. Full black straight grain morocco, covers tooled in blind with gilt diagonal ornaments. Spines ornamented and lettered in gilt. A very attractive set. NF.