Small 8vo, orig. pink wrappers. Bamberg: [1823].

The very rare sale catalogue of the library of books, maps, scientific instruments, music, and a few art objects from the collection of Stengel (1750-1822), a high government official in service to the Elector Karl Theodor of Palatinate-Bavaria and very much a product of the Enlightenment. He carried out a liberal economic policy, introduced many innovations in taxation and trade, and supported numerous civil engineering projects in the region.

Stengel was an important book and art collector and was a considerable artist in his own right. 2507 lots of books, 21 lots of music... More

Ten lithographed leaves, seven of which are facsimile illustrations from the calendar. 4to, orig. wrappers. [Münich: printed by Michael Oppel for Hermann Mitterer, 1814].

First edition of this “incunable” of lithography; it is very rare, printed in a few copies only for private circulation. Moll (1760-1838), the sponsor of this work, was a mineralogist, founding editor of the important journal Jahrbücher der Berg und Hüttenkunde, high civil servant, vice president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, and an ardent collector of 80,000 books. He toured the Alps with Hacquet, formed a magnificent natural history cabinet, and engaged in extended correspondence... More

One folding engraved plate. Title printed in red & black. 8 p.l., 448, [16] pp., one leaf of errata. Small 4to, cont. sheep (several scuff marks), spine gilt. Frankfurt & Leipzig: Renger, 1731.

First edition of one of the author’s most important books. Wolff (1679-1754), was a famous mathematician and philosopher at the University of Halle and an ardent exponent of the philosophical ideas of his friend Leibniz.

Wolff’s cosmological principles “emphasize the rational connections between things, given as sequences or coexistences; these formal themes were later directly echoed in Kant’s writings. The visible world is a machine, operating in accordance with the laws... More