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Lot 296

Sale 5792 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 30, 2020 8:00AM ET
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[Early Printing] Nieuwentyt, Bernard Die Erkantnuss der Weissheit, Macht und Gute des gottlichen Wesens: aus dem rechten Gebrauch derer Betrachtungen aller irrdischen Dinge dieser Welt: zur Uberzeugung dere Atheisten und Unglaubigen

Frankfurt; Leipzig: Ben Johannes Pauli, 1732. First German-language edition. Includes a preface by Christian Wolff, a biography of Nieuwentyt, and a dictionary of technical terms. 4to. Letterpress title in red and black, and with an additional engraved title from the Amsterdam edition of 1727, an engraved portrait of Bernard Nieuwentyt, and 27 (of 28) folding plates at back, lacking plate #18, some creasing and light foxing to plates. Bound in contemporary blind-paneled brown calf, scuffed, joints and extremities rubbed; text block with occasional, mostly marginal, dampstaining, scattered light foxing, some internal soiling. Ex-library with ink stamps and printed label on front endpapers, old ownership signature on front blanks, half-title with early 20th-century manuscript. English-language translation.

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