Zimmermann J Ohann G Eorg (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. 303(1) S. Mit Titelkupfer u. kl. Kupfer am Anfang. Kl.-8°. Ppbd. d. Zt. m. Rschild(berieben u. bestoßen, die ob. Seite etwas enger beschnitten). Diese kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der nationalen Eigenliebe des bekannten Schweizer Schriftstellers (1728-1795), ersch. zum ersten Mal 1758, beginnt mit dem Satz: Nichts ist gemeiner als der Stolz". Stellenw. leicht fleckig bzw. wasserrandig, sonst innen gut erhalten. …

(Vol. I of two volumes). 18x11 cm. XLVIII, 310 S., (20) S. Index, (6) S. Anz. Ldr.-Bd. der Zeit mit Rückenschild und etwas Rückenvergoldung. Englische Übersetzung von Zimmermanns "Über die Einsamkeit". - (Einband berieben. Rücken im Gelenk eingerissen. Exlibris auf Innendeckel. Titelbl. gestempelt. S. XLVII/XLVIII mit Eckausriss). - Nur Band 1 der 2bändigen Ausgabe. Nicht kolationiert. …

232 Seiten mit Titelkupfer und kleinem Textkupfer. Schlichter marmorierter Pappband der Zeit mit handschriftlichem Rückenschild. Einband gering fleckig. Vorderes Vorsatzblatt fehlt. Anfangs stärker gebräunt. *Goedeke IV, 1, Seite 482, 8. Sprache: Deutsch 500 gr.

pt. in-8°, 1 engraved front (with printing date 1797) + engraved title (Ridley) + LIII (incl. printed titlepage with vign.) + 309 p. + 20 p. (index) + 2 p. (publ. booklist), with in all 7 engraved plates (incl.front & engr. title), 1 hw. name ?Isabella Rumsden?, in an attractive Scottish (?) binding, (although the work is complete, the spine shows ,1?, likely 1 of more binding done for the Scottish collector on similar works). With woodcuts by Thoma Bewick and 7 engraved plates including the engraving of ?Rousseau contemplating the wild Beauties of Switzerland? drawn by Kirk and engraved by Ridley, which shows Rousseau seated beside a large waterfall with his walking stick and dog by his side. Zimmermann?s book was very influential on the British artist and writers in ?search of the picturesque and the sublime? With a cut out description by a collegue bookseller with his fine description of ?this unusual contemporary ,Scottish binding? of tan tree calf backed with red morocco, flat spine gilt panelled and decorated with floral and musical motifs, black morocco lettering piece, tan numbering piece, covers elaborately bordered in gilt, edges with Greek key pattern.Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. …

First Edition. First edition, 12mo, pp. lii, 309, [1], [20] index, [2] Vernor and Hood ads; inserted engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, 5 engraved plates, engraved by William Ridley, E.W. Thomson, Isaac Taylor, Samuel Springsguth, and Thomas Bewick; after Kirk and John Thurston; original marbled paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed orange paper label on spine; paper along the joints cracked, spine soiled, extremities rubbed and worn; still, a good, sound copy. With an inscription on the front pastedown: "Sarah Jane House / the gift of her father / Read slowly, Pause frequently, Think seriously, / Keep cleanly, Return duly, With the corners of the / Leaves not turned down. / - / Worcester May 28, 1832." Also, with Miss House's ownership signature at the top of the Table of Contents page. Zimmermann's famous work on the cultural history and philosophy of loneliness. Zimmerman (1728-1795) was a Swiss naturalist, physician, and philosopher, and the private physician of George III and Frederick the Great. "In Zimmermann's character there was a strange combination of sentimentalism, melancholy and enthusiasm; and it was by the free and eccentric expression of these qualities that he excited the interest of his contemporaries" (EB-11).…

5. Aufl. Kl.8°. 232 S., mit 2 Kupfern von J.R. Schellenberg. Etws späterer Pappband. Goedeke IV, I, S.482,8. - Mit Ex Libris auf Innendeckel.