BOLZANO, BERNARD.

Erbauungsreden an die akademische Jugend. 4 vols.

Prag, Verlag von Wenzel Hess, 1849 -1852.

8vo. Uniformly bound in two contemporary black half calf binding with embossed ornamentation to spines. Light wear to extremities, leather on spine cracked and corners bumped. Ex-libris (Carl Henrik Koch, Danish professor in philosophy) pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. Occassionally brownpostted, primarily affecting first and last leaves. VIII, 374, (2), 386, (1) pp.; 369, (7), 338, (2) pp. 

Uncommon first edition of Bolzanos’ posthumously published “Edifying Discourses to Academic Youth" consisting of a collection of moral and philosophical lectures or discourses that Bolzano gave to students during his tenure as a professor of philosophy and religion at the University of Prague in the early 19th century.

Order-nr.: 61802