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HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON. Briefe zu Beförderung der Humanität. Engraved allegorical frontispiece in Volume 1. Half-titles. 10 volumes. 8vo,
HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON. Briefe zu Beförderung der Humanität. Engraved allegorical frontispiece in Volume 1. Half-titles. 10 volumes. 8vo, contemporary boards. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1793-97
- Notes: first edition. "Conceived in the aftermath of the French Revolution, this collection reveals Herder's democratic and republican sympathies as well as his optimistic belief in the triumph of freedom. The contents include an acknowledgement of Benjamin Franklin as a leading spirit of the age and a proposal for a German Academy, which would be entrusted with the tasks of advancing the German language, overseeing the recording of German history, and assuming the responsibility for education and culture in general"--Lilly Library, The Transition to Modern Germany 151.
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