Gemeenschap, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. 4 Teile in 1 Bd. 1691 - 1693. 8 Bl., 138 S., 1 Bl. ; 4 Bl., 262 S., 1 Bl. ; 4 Bl., 32, 188 S., 1 Bl.; 3 Bl., (278) S., 1 Bl. Pgmt. d. Zt. 4° (am hinteren Außengelenk etwas gebräunt). Amsterdam, van den Dalen. Schönes Exemplar des berühmten Werkes gegen Aberglauben und Hexenwahn. Jeder teil vom Verfasser signiert ! S. 217-224 in Teil 4 doppelt gezählt. Buch.

S.l. ( Strasbourg ), E.G.K.S. - C.E.C.A. , March 1953, in-8°, 77 pp, red publisher's cloth with gilt title on front cover. This copy in Dutch of the conference rules of the E.C.S.C. was presented by the comittee of presidents to the secretary of the Dutch delegation on March 6th 1953 ; Mrs Roos. It contains an ambiguous compliment regarding her translation efforts and is signed in holograph by P.H. Spaak , Gerrit Vixseboxse , Fuhrmann , A. Caso , and three other (unidentified). Rare autographed document illustrating the birth of the European Union.

FIRST EDITION. Four books in one volume: 1 blank leaf + TP to Book 1 [1691] + 1 leaf with engraved portrait of Bekker on verso + [i] = Verklaaringe van't Sinnebeeld + half title with Beright on verso [signed by Bekker] + [v]-[viii] = Toe-Eigen-Brief + [ix]-[xx] = Voorrede + 1-137 + [138]-[139] = Register der Hoofdstukken (List of Chapters) + TP to Book 2 [1691] with Beright on verso [signed by Bekker] + [i]-[vi] = Voorrede + 1-246 + [247]-[248] = Nader Beright + [249]-[250] = Register der Hoofdstukken + TP to Book 3 [1693] + [i]-[vi] = Aan den bescheidenen Leser (To the Modest Reader) (signed by Bekker on page [vi]) + 1-57 [cancel not removed] + 55-188 + [189]-[190] = Register der Hoofdstukken + 1 blank leaf + TP to Book 4 [1693] + [i]-[iv] = Aan den Leser (signed by Bekker on page [iv]) + 1-224 + (217)-(224) + 225-277 + [278]-[279] = Register der Hooft-stukken + [280] = Register [Publisher's list] + 1 blank leaf; Quarto. First Edition. (Van der Linde, 16, 17, 19, 20; Coumont, B40.2)With the rare, engraved 1691 portrait of Balthasar Bekker created by Johannes Hilarides (1648-1725) entitled "Monothe-ist."[THIS DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN SHORTENED BECAUSE OF ABE SPACE REQUIREMENTS. FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION, PLEASE EMAIL.]De beoverde Weereld is one of the most important text of what Jonathan Israel recently termed the 'Radical' Enlightenment. It caused a furor when it was first published in Holland and the firestorm quickly spread to Germany, France and England - where the book was translated and published within three years of its original appearance in Dutch. Bekker was a Reformed pastor who had caught the infectious disease of 'philosophizing' after the manner of Descartes and Spinoza - which, more than anything else, meant the freedom to reconsider received doctrine in the light of reason. Bekker previously had encountered difficulties with two of this earlier published works - an unconventional adult catechism [1670] and a book confounding the prevailing superstitions about comets [1683] - (there had been three spectacular sightings between 1680 and 1682).But nothing Bekker had previously written prepared the local clergy - or northern Europe - for the book that he published in 1691. Picking up on suggestions originally made by Descartes and Spinoza, The Bewitched World argued lucidly and effectively against the popular belief in spirits and the power of the devil over human beings claiming such beliefs were insupportable either by reason or by a careful reading of the Bible. It has been claimed that Bekker's book was such an effective attack on these ideas that he all but single-handedly caused the demise of the witchcraft trials and devil-based persecutions that had plagued northern Europe for much of the 17th Century. While it is easy to exaggerate the impact of Bekker's book, it is clear that The Bewitched World was a seminal work in the undermining of superstition, an early and powerful blow against the authority of the Bible, a significant instrument for the weakening of the Church's hold on men's beliefs, and a primary contributor to the liberation of thought across northern Europe. Contemporary vellum binding with worn, all-but-illegible title handwritten on spine. Corners just a bit bumped and slightly sprung with half-a-dozen,horizontal, brown old abrasion line on the rear cover. As noted above, all four books have been hand-signed by Bekker ink. In Book 3, the pages are significantly browned from page 9 through page 110. A lovely first edition copy of one of the major works of the Radical Enlightenment. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.