Meticulous address book of the German existentialist 161. Martin Heidegger. Important German philosopher (1889–1976) whose Being and Time was a fundamental text in the development of existentialism. Heidegger’s personal address book, 4 x 5.75, 46 pages, circa 1950s–1970s. This address book, meticulously kept by Heidegger over a period of many years, provides an interesting perspective on the philosopher’s private and professional relationships. Among the entries, numbering between 500 and 600, are those of Willi Baumeister, Michael Benedikt, Gottfried Benn, Max Bense, Alexander Freiherr von Bernus, Ernst Bertram, Georges Blin, Otto Friedrich Bollnow, Rudolf Bultmann, Günther Bornkamm, Henri Bouillard, Frederik Buytendijk, Hans Carossa, René Char, Paul Celan, T. S. Eliot (through his London publisher), Günter Eich, Gertrud von le Fort, Leo Gabriel, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Albrecht Goes, Ernesto Grassi, HAP Grieshaber, Adolf Grimme, Romano Guardini, Carl Hanser, Hellmuth Hecker, Hermann Heimpel, Werner Heisenberg, Hans Ludwig Held, Kurt Hildebrandt, Walter Höllerer, Ernst Rudolf Huber, Jean Hyppolite, Karl Jaspers, Walter Jens, Ernst and Friedrich Georg Jünger, Walther Killy, Jacques Lacan, Herbert Marcuse, Werner Marx, Roger Munier, Carl Orff, Walter F. Otto, Ernst Penzoldt, Helmuth Plessner, Otto Pöggeler, Max Rychner, Wolfgang Schadewaldt, Kurt Schneider, Walter Schulz, Albert Schulze Vellinghausen, Emil Staiger, Ernst Tugendhat, Egon Vietta, Wilhelm Weischedel, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, and Leopold Ziegler. Also contains numerous loose clippings of senders’ addresses, visiting cards, notes etc. (including Imma von Bodmershof, O. F. Bollnow, Werner Heisenberg, Hans Jonas, and Mary Wigman). In fine condition, with expected handling wear. A well preserved directory that saw constant use over a period of more than two decades. RR Auction COA.…(MB $300)
162. Werner Heisenberg. German theoretical physicist (1901–1976) awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of quantum mechanics. Vintage matte-finish 5.75 x 8 head-and-shoulders photo, signed in the lower border in blue ink. In fine condition. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)
Extremely rare example of Hume—the first we have offered!
163. David Hume. Tremendously influential philosopher (1711–1776) considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy. Unsigned autograph postscript on an off-white 7.25 x 1.5 slip removed from a letter of March 18, 1770, to historian Edward Gibbon. In full: “P. S. I desire my compliments to our friend, M. Deyverdun; if you have occasion to see him.” A notation to the right side describes the slip’s origin. Affixed to a larger scrapbook page. In very good condition, with a partially separated vertical fold passing through the right side of the writing. Jacques Georges Deyverdun was a Swiss scholar and close friend of Gibbon. RR Auction COA.…(MB $200)
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