Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study

Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, n/d. Hardcover. vg. 4to. xvi,900pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Color frontispiece. The author draws upon a wealth of archival material, looking at the life and work of one of the most important figures of Jewish tradition and the German enlightenment. Altmann introduces a vast array of people whom Mendelssohn was in contact, and sometimes in conflict with. Illustrated with some b/w photographic reproductions. Minor creasing on head and tail of spine. Some staining and creasing to parts of dj edges. Overall very good condition.