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Arthur Schopenhauer. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung: vier Bucher, nebst einem anhange, der die Kritik der Kantischen...
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The Exceedingly Rare First Edition of Schopenhauer's Greatest Work
Arthur Schopenhauer. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung: vier Bucher, nebst einem anhange, der die Kritik der Kantischen Philosophie enthalt. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1819. First edition, one of 750 copies printed, many of which were later destroyed by the publisher. Octavo (213 x 123 mm). xvi, 725, [1, Errata], [2, blank] pages. Original grey-black boards with a red spine title label. Noticeable wear and some abrading to the boards. Two bookplates to the front endpapers. Small previous ownership inscription to the base of the front pastedown. An unusually clean textblock. A tall, near fine copy of a true rarity.Eduard Grisebach, in his work, Edita und inedita Schopenhaueriana, recounts the dispersal history of Die Welt als Wille un Vorstellung as follows: "On February 9, 1820 not even 100 of the original 750 copies had been sold. On November 29, 1828 there were still 150 copies in the warehouse. During those intervening eight years it is known that the publishers mulched a considerable number of this edition for needed paper. In 1830 the records show that another 97 copies were destroyed for the same reason."
"Schopenhauer moved to Dresden and it was there that he wrote his most famous book 'The World as Will and Idea.' The notions which had been forming in his mind about man's nature and destiny now found expression, and the conviction that scientific explanation could never do more than systematize and classify the appearances which we call reality led him to assert that it is the will and the passions which are the real determinants of all intellectual life...Schopenhauer's book made little initial impact; so little in fact that he quarreled with his publisher, suspecting him of deliberate treachery. But by slow degrees his reputation grew...He was studied by Wagner and Nietzsche, both of whom paid tribute to the influence he had on them; and Herbert Spencer did much to spread the knowledge of his theories. Yet his pessimistic denial of the identity of change and progress has proved more acceptable to the modern mind than to the obstinate optimism of the Victorians" (PMM 279). Laban 35. Brieger 2195.
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2012 April 11 Rare Books Signature Auction - New York #6085 (go to Auction Home page)
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