Caricaturen des Heiligsten. In zwei Theilen. Leipzig: F.H. Brockhaus, 1819-21.

STEFFENS, Henrich

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First edition, by the Norwegian-born Danish philosopher, scientist, and poet Henrik (sometimes Henrich/Heinrich) Steffens (1773-1845). Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote hostile annotations in a copy of this work (A Book I Value: Selected Marginalia, ed. Jackson, Princeton, pp. 148-50), but the book had an important positive influence on Kierkegaard: 'The decade in Berlin during which Steffens achieved international fame was also the period during which Kierkegaard came upon Steffens' writings in Copenhagen. During 1836-7 Kierkegaard took notes on two of these long works, the two-volume Caricatures of the Most Holy, and the three-volume novel The Four Norwegians, from both of which he later incorporated ideas into his own writings . Particularly regarding topics such as mythology, the origin of language, and the importance of intuition' (Andrew J. Burgess, 'Kierkegaard and His Danish Contemporaries', ed. Stewart, Ashgate, 2009, pp. 261 ff.). PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Two volumes, with the half titles, 8vo, vi, 451; viii, 730, [2] pp., contemporary marbled boards, spines ruled gilt with contrasting labels, rubbed, some wear at corners and spine ends, uniform light browning and occasional spots, no stamps or inscriptions, a very good set. Seller Inventory # ABE-13542008935

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Title: Caricaturen des Heiligsten. In zwei Theilen....

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good