Leipzig, Weidmann Erben und Reich, 1776. 8vo. Uniformly bound in three contemporary half calf binding with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. All edges coloured in red. A nice and clean set. XVIII, (2), 236 pp. 248 pp. 344 pp.
The uncommon first edition of Tiedemann’s exposition on stoic philosophy in which he argues that Stoicism closely anticipated the philosophy of John Locke Dietrich Tiedemann (1748 - 1803) was a German philosopher and historian of philosophy born in Bremervörde. He was father to physiologist Friedrich Tiedemann (1781–1861).