Author: SAILER, J.M.
Title: Ueber den Selbstmord. Fuer Menschen, die nicht fuehlen den Werth, ein Mensch zu seyn.
Description: München, Bey Joseph Lentner, Buchhaendler, 1785. 8vo. W. small woodc. device on title and numerous woodc. head- and tailpieces. In original black paste paper brds., spine ends & board edges some chips and rubbed; Corners rubbed / dam. [)(4, A-N8, O4, P4]. (VIII, 222, I [approbatio], I [errata] pp.). (Some light foxing; top lefthand margin a vague and unobtrusive watersp.). (Upper paste down & recto of upper free endp. 4 names [Therese Meyer, Joseph [?] Meyer, Manfred Arntz?, Erika Müller] and dedication in ink dated 1970; on printed title 'Joseph Meyer'; also on printed title an intertwined S and A.). Eisler, 620: Early text of the moral philosopher, theologian, and later Bishop at Regensburg, J.M. Sailer (1751-1832): Gives o.a. an explanation of the apparent reason for suicide à la Werther.'(1774).

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