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‎English. First Book. Benedict’s Direct Progressive Method. 26th Edition.‎

‎ Lausanne, Editions Pro Schola no year, 200x130mm, 126pages, paperback. Book in very good condition. ‎

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‎Rethorica Diuina (Rhetorica Divina). - [FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN FREIBURG]‎

‎(Freiburg, Kilian Fischer, ca. 1490/1491). Small folio. Bound (presumably in the 18th century) in later marbled boards with a vellum spine. Binding with wear, edges of baords worn, smaller wormholes, and overall wear. The spine seems to be make up of two peices of vellum, with a small gap where they meet at the middle of the spine. The small wormholes go through the block, causing tiny loss of parts of lettering here and there. The final leaf lacking a larger piece causing partial loss of text to ca. 20 lines. The leaf is mounted from verso. First eight leaves with a damp stain to lower margin and first and last leaves with some soiling and staining. Otehwise, the block is overall clean and fresh. (58) ff. 52 lines and headline, double columns. Three-and four-line initial spaces with printed guide-letters. Initials touched in red throughout and red underlinings and markings. ‎

‎Scarce first edition thus, being the second edition (following the 1483-edition printed in Gand) of William of Paris’ highly important work on the art of prayer and the first book printed in Freiburg. There has always been consensus about the book being printed around 1490, no later than 1491, but the printing place of the book has previously been contested. Earlier bibliographies (Eg. Hain, Grasse) state that it was printed in Basel by Johannes Amerbach, but it has later been proven (after the thesis of BMC) to have been printed by Kilian Fischer in Freiburg im Breisgau and is now considered the first book printed there. The scholastic philosopher Guillaume d’Auvergne (ca. 1180 - 1249), also known under the names Guillermus Episcopus Parisiensis, Wilhelm von Auvergne, William of Paris etc., was the most prominent French philosopher-theologian of the early 13th century and one of the first Western scholars to attempt to integrate Classical Greek and Arabic philosophy with Christian doctrine. He was also a first mover in creating a new metaphysics that combines Neoplatonism with empiricism and ontology, profoundly changing the face of medieval philosophy from the 13th century. “William of Auvergne or Paris, (ca.1180/90–1249), Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, was one of the first wave of thinkers in the Latin West to engage with the writings on natural philosophy and metaphysics by Greek, Islamic and Jewish thinkers that had recently become available in Latin translation. William took these writings to pose errors dangerous to the Christian faith, and his philosophical works are in large part aimed at combating their errors. Yet at the same time he recognized their philosophical value and, though often confused about their meaning, incorporated their teachings into his own thought. On many of the important issues of later medieval thought, William is the first to provide in-depth discussions, and his voluminous works are an important and still under-appreciated source for our understanding of the development of medieval philosophy.” (Stanford Encycl. of Philosophy). “By the third decade of the thirteenth century there emerge the first signs of a new metaphysics. Alongside Neoplatonizing idealism we now see attempts to lay greater emphasis on the ontological density of the created world and to structure reality without resorting to the terms of a relation to the divine ideal… The two figures who did the most to promote the new metaphysics, as well as a profoundly Aristotelianizing campaign to establish the criteria for knowledge, were masters whose important work was done between 1220 and 1235 in the chools of theology at the new universities. Robert Grosseteste (d. 1253)… [and] William of Auvergne (d. 1249).” (John Marenbon, Medieval Philosophy, 1998, vol III, p. 204). Making extensive use of Avicenna and Aristotle as they were just becoming known through translations, in order to understand Christian faith and philosophy, William as a bishop also had concerns that reflected the practical use of his teachings. The present work, “Divine Rhetoric” is his instructive magnum opus. Here, he seeks to explain and illustrate the art of prayer – or divine eloquence -, listing seven characteristics and perfections of prayer. The work is equally famous for its application of Ciceronian rules of oratory to Christian oratory and prayer. For more on the Freiburger printer Kilian Fischer, please see Hermann Baumeister’s “Der Freiburger Buchdruck in der Inkunabelzeit (“Kilian Fischer Als „vermutlich erster Freiburger Druck' erscheint „nicht nach 1491 "" aus der Offizin Kilian Fischers eine Predigtsammlung sechs ausgewählter Predigten von Ephrem dem Syrer (303- 373) in lateinischer Sprache, die Kilian Fischer zusammen mit der „Rhetorica Divina” des Pariser Bischofs Guillelmus Alvemus herausgab.” (p. 104)" “Die Drucke Kilian Fischers sind reine Werkdrucke. Er verwendete drei verschiedene Grundchriften ohne verzierende Initialen oder Abbildungen. Die entsprach auch dem rein wissenschaftlichen Charakter der Lehrbücher seiner Produktion.” (p.107). ) Hain: 8303, Graesse: III:183 BMC III:693 GW: 11866.‎

‎Darwinism [i.e. German: ""Wahrheit und Irrthum im Darwinismus""] - [FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON DARWINISM, PRINTED IN ISTANBUL. ]‎

‎Istanbul, Nietzsche Hayatý ve Felsefesi, 1329 [1913]. 8vo. In later embossed full cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Last 10 leaves with a brown spot. Frontiespiece repaired with tape, otherwise a fine and clean copy. 127, (1) pp. + portrait of Darwin.‎

‎Rare first edition of the first book on Darwinism, printed in Istanbul. The work in Ottoman language is a translation of ""Wahrheit und Irrthum im Darwinismus"" (The Truths and Mistakes of Darwinism) by Eduard von Hartmann (1842 - 1906), first published in 1875. The translator Memduh Süleyman, who also commented the book, considered the natural evolution the biggest mistake of the Darwinism. Memduh Süleyman (1889?-1920) was an important author and translator of the last years of the Ottoman Empire. His most famous work is a book on Nietzsche, ""Nietzsche Hayat? ve Felsefesi"", from 1912, which he co-wrote in together with Ahmet Nebil-Baha Tevfik-Memduh.The book was published amidst the Ottoman debate on the Darwinism. The first mentioning of the term was made in 1863 in a magazine Mecmua-i Fünun by Münif Pasha, who was at the time serving as a minister of education and did not believe, that the development of science would or should affect the religion. In the time of the publication of the present work, Darwin's works were not yet translated into Ottoman. The first translation of On the Origin of Species in the Muslim world, was only issued in Arabic in 1918 in Cairo. Translated were only the first six chapters. For more chapters were subsequently added in 1928.OCLC list three institutional examples (Leiden University Library, Library of Congress, Huntington Library, Art Museum, & Botanical Gardens).‎

‎Ekonomicheskie etyudy i stati. [i.e. Economic Studies and Essays]. - [LENIN'S FIRST BOOK]‎

‎S.-Petersburg, 1899 [recte October 1898]. 8vo. Bound in an excellent newer red half morocco in perfect contemporary style, with five raised bands and gilt author and year to spine. Marbled edges and beautiful marbled en-papers. Old owner's stamps to title-page (""Biblioteka Aleksandova, S. 1873 F."", ""Iz knig Avrutina M.V."", and the number ""21162""), otherwise also internally very nice and clean. (4), 290 pp.‎

‎Very rare first edition of Lenin's first published book, the seminal miscellany of his economic papers, which constitute the first outline of his revolutionary ideas. The work consists in five economic essays/studies, four of which are published here for the first time (""The Handicraft Census of 1894-95 in Perm Gubernia and General Problems of ""Handicraft"" Industry"""" ""Gems of Narodnik Project-Mongering"""" ""The Heritage We Renounce"" - all three written in exile in 1897 - and ""On the Question of Our Factory Statistics"", written in 1898), and one of which (""A Characterisation of Economic Romanticism"") had been published the previous year, in installments, in the magazine Novoye Slovo, April-July 1897. Before the present publication, only very few of Lenin's papers and articles had been published, and none of them in book form. The present publication brings to light Lenin's elaboration of the tasks of the Russian Marxists (both as to their programme, their tactics, and the organization as such) (""The Heritage We Renounce"") and gives us the basis for his take on Marxism. Much of the original material published here was used by Lenin, both directly (e.g. the ""Handicraft Census"") and indirectly (forming a basis for the work) in his later published book ""The Development of Capitalim in Russia"" (1899), which established his reputation as a Marxist theorist. Furthermore, the present publication constitutes Lenin's earliest economic writings directed against the Narodniks. As a whole, the present publication gives us the first rounded picture of Leninist thought and provides us with the basis for Leninist economics and politics. That which Lenin develops in the present studies and essays forms the basis for the capitalist and Marxist thought that he is later to present and which becomes the standard introduction to the Russian economy for later generations of Marxists. The work is of great scarcity and was presumably printed in very small numbers. ‎

‎Berlitz M.D. First Book. In English /Berlitz M.D. First Book.‎

‎Berlitz M.D. First Book. In English /Berlitz M.D. First Book. For teaching modern languages. English part for adults. 129th revised edition. St. Petersburg. Berlitz. 1909. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. The delivery of this book might be delayed beyond the usual timeframe due to extended processing and preparation before shipment, and faster shipping opSKUalbc1d0fa77370b32bc‎