MIGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF ALL THE UPBUILDING DISCOURSES IN THE ORIGINAL PAMPHLETS
KIERKEGAARD, SØREN.
To opbyggelige Taler af S. Kierkegaard + Tre opbyggelige Taler af S. Kierkegaard. + Fire opbyggelige Taler af S. Kierkegaard + To opbyggelige Taler. Af S. Kierkegaard. + Tre opbyggelige Taler af S. Kierkegaard. + Fire opbyggelige Taler af S. Kierkegaard.
Kjøbenhavn, Trykt i Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1843 + Kjøbenhavn, Philipsen, 1843 + Kjøbenhavn, Philipsen, 1844.
All six publications, i.e. all Eighteen upbuilding Discourses separately published, all in the exact same formats, all being 8vo, and all but one being in the original wrappers. 52 pp. + 62 (+ 1 blank leaf) pp. + 84 pp. + 59 pp. (without the blank leaf between the title-page and the preface) + 70 (+ 1 blank leaf pp.) + 111 pp.
Two upb., 1843: Completely uncut in the original blank blue wrappers with just the tiniest loss of paper to the spine and a small tear to back wrapper. Otherwise near mint. Also internally unusually fresh.
Three upb., 1843: Completely uncut in newer blank wrappers. A few small ink spots to margin of the first leaves, and owner’s signature (Thea Hoffmann) to title-page. Printed on fine vellum-paper, which is completely fresh and white.
Four upb., 1843: Completely uncut in the original printed blue wrappers with the text of the title-page repeated inside a frame to front board, printed author and title to spine, and the printing year within the same repeated frame to the back wrapper. Wrappers almost loose from block, but preserved in their entirety, also the spine, which has some cracks, but is not missing any of the printing. Internally completely fresh.
Two upb., 1844: Completely uncut in the original printed green wrappers with the text of the title-page repeated inside a frame to front board, and the printing year within the same repeated frame to the back board. Remains of the printed author and title to spine. Wrappers loose, but preserved in their entirety. The spine, however, is cracked and the printed author and title not preserved. A bit browned and brownspotted.
Three upb., 1844: Completely uncut in the original printed light brown wrappers with the text of the title page repeated inside a frame to front board, printed author and title to spine, and a vignette depicting a Bible within the same repeated frame to the back wrapper. An absolutely splendid, fresh, and clean copy with just a little edge wear.
Four upb., 1844: Completely uncut and unopened in the original printed light brown wrappers with the text of the title-page repeated inside a frame to front board, printed author and title to spine, and a vignette depicting a Bible within the same repeated frame to the back wrapper. Spine with a bit of wear and small lack of paper. Printing on the spine almost entirely preserved. Some brownspotting, but an excellent copy. With the ownership signature of Grønvold to top of front wrapper and to title-page.
A magnificent collection of the first printings of all eighteen upbuilding discourses in the six separate publications, as they originally appeared, all of them uncut and all but one in the incredibly scarce original wrappers, the sixth being on special vellum-paper. Kierkegaard's Upbuilding (or Edifying) Discourses were published over the course of two years, in 1843 and 1844. In all, 18 Upbuilding Discourses were published, divided over six publications, namely: Two Upbuilding Discourses from 1843, Three Upbuilding Discourses from 1843, Four Upbuilding Discourses from 1843, Two Upbuilding Discourses from 1844, Three Upbuilding Discourses from 1844, Four Upbuilding Discourses from 1844. Each of these publications accompanied one of the main pseudonymous works, beginning with Either-Or in 1843. As opposed to his major philosophical works, the religious upbuilding discourses actually bear the name of the author on the title-page. Of course, this was by no means incidental. While the pseudonymous works could raise the question of the religiousness of the author, the parallelly written religious discourses stress the fact that we are dealing with an author, who was religious from the very beginning – an essential fact that Kierkegaard wished to stress for those interested in his authorship. In his journals, Kierkegaard clearly states that the religious discourses are as significant in his oeuvre as a whole as are the larger pseudonymous works, “I began with “Either-Or” and two upbuilding discourses...” he says, and explains that he intended the upbuilding, the religious, to advance, and that he wanted to show “that the writer was not an aesthetic author who in the course of time grew older and for that reason became religious”. (Journals, IX A 227). He was religious all along, also during all of the major philosophical publications that were not written in his name. The fact that every major pseudonymous work – up until Concluding Unscientific Postscript appeared and revealed the identity of the real author – was accompanied by one of these small Upbuilding Discourses, bears testament to the pivotal role they play in Kierkegaard’s philosophical development. The separately published Upbuilding Discourses appeared in original wrappers, some of them blank, some of them printed, repeating the printing from the title-page within a printed frame. In May 1845, the publisher Philipsen buys the remainder issues of all six Discourse-publications, has a joint title-page printed along with a contents-leaf and now issues all six Discourse-publications together under the title Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses. Kierkegaard had agreed to the idea of the collected Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, but it was not his intended project with them. Therefore, he wished for the book not to be reviewed, and he naturally did not give away any copies of the Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, only the individual publications. In all, seven presentation-copies of the different Upbuilding Discourses are registered, all being for either Heiberg or Nielsen. Himmelstrup 45, 57, 58, 60, 61, 73.
Order-nr.: 62938
DKK 35.000,00