Lot 16
Economics.- Engels (Friedrich).- Held (Friedrich Wilhelm) Held's Volksvertreter, 12 issues in 1 vol., includes Der Bankerott translated by Engels, Berlin, F. Reichardt & Co., 1846.
Estimate: £600 - 800
Description
Economics.- Engels (Friedrich).- Held (Friedrich Wilhelm) Held's Volksvertreter, 12 issues in 1 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, illustrations, lacking plates, some foxing, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, 4to, Berlin, F. Reichardt & Co., January-December 1846.
⁂ Includes 'Der Bankerott' (bankruptcy), translated by Engels (October pp.23-28 and November pp.69-76) and being the second printing of the first German translation of any work by Fourier, published in a slightly abridged form (after the first appearance under the title "Ein Fragment Fouriers über den Handel") in the "Deutsches Bürgerbuch für 1846". Held's journal, one of the earliest periodicals to advocate the Berlin workers' movement, ran from 1845-48.
Description
Economics.- Engels (Friedrich).- Held (Friedrich Wilhelm) Held's Volksvertreter, 12 issues in 1 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, illustrations, lacking plates, some foxing, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, 4to, Berlin, F. Reichardt & Co., January-December 1846.
⁂ Includes 'Der Bankerott' (bankruptcy), translated by Engels (October pp.23-28 and November pp.69-76) and being the second printing of the first German translation of any work by Fourier, published in a slightly abridged form (after the first appearance under the title "Ein Fragment Fouriers über den Handel") in the "Deutsches Bürgerbuch für 1846". Held's journal, one of the earliest periodicals to advocate the Berlin workers' movement, ran from 1845-48.
