‎FONTANE Theodor‎
‎Briefe, 1-2.‎

‎Briefwechsel und Familienbriefe 1766-1789. 6 Bände im Schuber.Band I : Briefe 1766-1779. Band II : Briefe 1779-1783. Band III : Briefe 1783-1789. Band IV: Erläuterungen Briefe 1-309. Band V: Erläuterungen Briefe 310-643. Band VI:Nachwort. Editorischer Bericht. Verzeichnisse Register.Herausgegeben von André Weibel.‎

‎ Göttingen, Wallstein 2009-2011, 235x140mm, Verlegereinband mit Umschlag. Exemplar wie neu.‎

‎ s/w Figuren im Text, ‎

‎Briefe über die italienischen Ämter. 3 Teile zus.‎

‎Ascona, Edizioni San Pietre, 1982, in-8vo, XIV + 1 bl. + 91 S / 38 S. / 2 Bl. + 24 S. + VIII, 3 Hefte in O.-Schuber mit Titelschild.‎

‎1. Teil: Briefe aus dem Jahre 1795. Frontispiz-Porträt de Bonstetten / 2. Teil: Briefe aus dem Jahre 1796. Frontispiz Ansicht Locarbo, au Canton de Tessin + 1 Porträt v. Stafano Franscini (Werbung der Canton Tessin) / 3. Teil: Briefe aus dem Jahre 1797. Frontispiz Lugano (nach Merian). ‎

‎Cosmologische Briefe über die Einrichtung des Weltbaues. - [PRE-ESTABLISHING THE BASIC FEATURES OF THE UNIVERSE]‎

‎Augspurg, Eberhard Kletts Wittib., 1761. Contemporary white-dyed sheepskin. Spine with a bit of surface wear, old hand-written paper-label to spine. XXVIII, 317 pp. A stamp inside front free end-paper. Light browning, scattered marginal brownspots, but in general a fine copy. A few leaves in ""Vorrede"" misbound.‎

‎The scarce first edition of Lambert's sensational ""Cosmological Letters"", his most important astronomical work, in which he to a large extent fore-shadowed the documentation of the basic features of the universe that Hershel later carried out.The work became very popular and was translated into French, Russian, and English, and it was later re-written and published as ""Systeme du Monde"" in Berlin, 1770. ""Of special interest among Lambert's astronomical writings - apart from applications of his physical doctrines - are his famous Cosmologische Briefe über die Einrichtung des Weltbaues"" (Augsburg, 1761).Not familiar with the similar ideas of Thomas Wright (1750) and with Kant's ""Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels"" (1755), Lambert had the idea that what appears as the Milky Way might be the visual effect of a lens-shaped universe. On this basis he elaborated a theory according to which the thousand of stars surrounding the sun constituted a system. Moreover he considered the Milky Way as a large number of such systems, that is, a system of higher order…"" the ""Cosmologische Briefe was a great sensation and was translated into French, Russian, and English. Only when William Hershel systematically examined the heavens telescopically and discovered numerous nebulae and ""telescopic milky-ways"" did it become obvious that Lambert's description was not mere science fiction but to a large extent a bold vision of the basic features of the universe"" (Scriba in D.S.B. VII:598). Kant's mentor (Martin Knutzen) died in 1755, three years before the pre-critical project unfolded. But Kant still had the chance of meeting kindred spirits. One of these was the great philosopher and mathematician Johann Heinrich Lambert, whom he admired a great deal. Finally he had encountered a thinker who appreciated both the scientific and metaphysical perspective, who worried about their tensions, and who was searching for a truce. In his ""Cosmologische Briefe…"" (Cosmological Letters on the establishment of the universe), Lambert worked on the same topic as Kant had worked on in his earlier Universal Natural History. The tasks and results of both works resemble each other, in so far as they were both proposals of integrating Newtonian physics into a larger framework, and they both contained a theory of the dynamic constitution of the universe. Furthermore, as Kant's scientific works should be viewed under the perspective of his general philosophical outlook, so must Lambert's work in physics and astronomy be seen in relation to his general philosophical outlook and his perpetual quest for introducing mathematical exactness into the sciences. ""Lambert's efforts to improve communication and collaboration in astronomy were noteworthy. He promoted the publication of astronomical journals and founded ""Berliner astronomisches Jahrbuch oder Ephemeriden"". Many of the articles that he contributed to it were not published until after his death... He also favored the founding of the Berlin observatory. These suggestions, in line with Leibniz' far-reaching plans for international cooperation of scientific societies, inaugurated a new period of scientific teamwork."" (D.S.B., VII:598). ‎

‎Leben der Schwedischen Gräfin von G***. (angebunden): ders.: Briefe nebst einer praktischen Abhandlung von dem guten Geschmack in Briefen.‎

‎Leipzig, bey Johann Wendler, 1755 und 1763. 8°. 219 S., 1 w. Bl., 16 n.n. S., 240 S. Marmorierter Lederband der Zeit mit rotem goldgeprägtem Rückenschild und grünem Bandschild und floraler Rückenvergoldung.‎

‎Goedeke IV/1, 77, 9 und 12. - Vierte Ausgabe Mit dem Privileg der erste Ausgabe von 1747. - Die "Schwedische Gräfin" in einer bei Goedeke nicht erwähnten Auflage. Die "Briefe" mit dem Privileg der zweiten Ausgabe von 1758. - Einband etwas berieben. "Gräfin" mit Name auf Titelblatt und durchgehend mässig gebräunt, "Briefe" etwas stärker gebräunt. - Dekorativ gebunden.‎

‎3 Briefe von Meinrad Inglin und 2 Briefe von Martin Hürlimann, alle an den Schweizer Germanisten Albert Hauser.‎

‎1 handschriftlicher Brief und 1 maschinengeschriebener Brief von Inglin an Hauser, datiert 1955 sowie 2 maschinengeschriebene Briefe von Inglins Verleger Martin Hürlimann vom Atlantis Verlag, ebenfalls datiert 1955. In der Korrespondenz geht es um Rezensionen Hausers, die im 'Aargauer Volksblatt' und im 'Bund' im erschienen sind sowie einem Vorschlag, die Rezensionen in einem Sonderdruck zu veröffentlichen. - 1 handschriftlicher Brief Inglins an Hauser, datiert 1959, in dem es kurz um Emil Staigers dritten Goethe-Band geht sowie um eine Anmerkung zu Hausers Disseration. - Dazu ein 4seitiger Durchschlag eines maschinengeschriebenen Briefes von Hauser an Inglin, datiert 1958, als Antwort auf einen wohl kritischen Brief Inglins. Hauser erklärt sich hauptsächlich mit Gedanken zu Gottfried Kellers "Altersroman" 'Martin Salander'.‎