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Winckelmann, J. J. - Winkelmann, J. J., Kunst des Altertums. 1776. 2 Bde.


1272
Winckelmann, J. J.
Winkelmann, J. J., Kunst des Altertums. 1776. 2 Bde.
Estimate:
€ 350 / $ 375
Sold:
€ 600 / $ 642
(incl. surcharge)
Win(c)kelmann, J. (J.), Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums. 2 vols. With 2 engr. title-vignettes and 20 text engravings. Vienna, Akadem. Verlag 1776. Contemp. half calf with gilt spine. 4to. 7 ll., LXXII, 618 pp.; title, p. 619-881, 28 ll. - Bound in: Idem, Abhandlung von der Fähigkeit der Empfindung des Schönen in der Kunst, und dem Unterricht in derselben. An den Edelgebohrnen Freyherrn, Friedrich Rudolph von Berg, aus Liefland. With engr. title-vignette and 2 engr. text-vignettes. Dresden, Walther 1771. 32 p.
I: Goedeke IV/1, 301, 12. - UCBA II, 2152. - Rümann 1276. - Cf. PMM 210 and Arntzen/Rainwater H 130. - 2nd complete reworked edition of the main work by Winckelmann. - "... with the publication of his masterpiece, the 'History of the Art of the Ancient', his fame had become widespread. This was indeed the first work in the German language to achieve universal claim. Winckelmann had drawn attention for the first time to the importance of Greek ideals for the modern world ..." (PMM). "Die in der Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums entwickelte Auffassung griechischer Kultur prägte in ihrer einzigartigen Verbindung von sinnlicher Anschauung und sittlichen Maßstäben eine ganze Epoche der deutschen Geistesgeschichte." (KLL)
II: Goedeke IV/1, 301, 10. - UCBA II, 1252. - 2nd edition. - Edges and hinges scraped. all together clean copy on strong paper, with 7 pages of subscrib index in 1st vol. and an essay.



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1272
Winckelmann, J. J.
Winkelmann, J. J., Kunst des Altertums. 1776. 2 Bde.
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