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Dynamische Stofflehre angewandt auf das kosmische Leben. Allgemeine Bewegungserscheinungen und ewiger Kreislauf des kosmischen Lebens. Mit dem Portrait des Verfassers, nebst Himmelskarten, Abbildung unsrer Planeten, Kometen und Nebelflecken. [INSCRIBED by the author's widow]

Hess, Moses [Moritz]

Paris: Privately Printed [Sybille Hess], 1880. Second edition. Hardcover. Scarce [Only two libraries worldwide own this book, according to OCLC]. 8vo. 182 [1] pp. Half maroon leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Modern endpapers. Inscribed by Sybille Hess [post mortem] to original free front endpaper. Gravure frontispiece. Lithographic illustrated throughout. Fold-out map. Rare, second edition of of this scientific work by the "father of modern socialist Zionism", Moses Hess [1812-1875]. A philosophic work on science, the cosmos and mankind. It draws upon scientific and philosophical ideas with influence from Hegel and Feuerbach. Hess had worked in this field most of his life and it was posthumously published by his devoted wife in 1877 as a pious monument to his memory. He is best known as the Zionist author of "Rome and Jerusalem." Head of spine, corners worn. Minor scuffing and rubbing to boards. In German. In overall good condition. g. Item #15524

Price: $1,500.00