Solitude considered, in regard to its influence upon the mind and the heart..
London.
Printed for C. Dilly, 1797.
Seventh edition.
[6], x, 420pp, viii. With an additional engraved title page and engraved frontispiece.
[Together with:] ZIMMERMANN, M. [Johann Georg]. Solitude considered. Part II. London. Printed by H. Baldwin & Son; for C. Dilly, [1800]. First edition. vi, 378pp, vii-xvii, [1]. With an engraved title page and engraved portrait frontispiece.
8vo. Uniformly bound in later calf-backed green paper boards, ruled in gilt and blind, and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with some staining to boards, corners bumped, and some surface wear to spines. Leaves lightly browned, with spotting and heavy browning to title pages.
[Together with:] ZIMMERMANN, M. [Johann Georg]. Solitude considered. Part II. London. Printed by H. Baldwin & Son; for C. Dilly, [1800]. First edition. vi, 378pp, vii-xvii, [1]. With an engraved title page and engraved portrait frontispiece.
8vo. Uniformly bound in later calf-backed green paper boards, ruled in gilt and blind, and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with some staining to boards, corners bumped, and some surface wear to spines. Leaves lightly browned, with spotting and heavy browning to title pages.
The seventh edition of the English translation of Swiss philosopher and natural historian Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann's (1728-1795) first published work Über die Einsamkeit (1784-85); a monograph championing the benefits of solitude, uniformly bound (and together with) the first edition of Part II of the same work.
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref: 35385
