Auction 159

Online Catalogue with all Lots / Auction 159
From noble estates and bourgeois property. Rare Books, Prints, and Classical art

Saturday, 25 April 2026 at 10:00 am

Lot 305 Carl Anton Ernst Becher. Ueber Toleranz und …

Ueber Toleranz und Gewissensfreyheit, und die Mittel, beyde in ihre gehörigen Grenzen zu weisen. Mit einer gestochenen Titelvignette. Berlin, Christian Friedrich Himburg, 1781. 4 Bll., 696 S. 8 °. Ldr. d. Zt. mit RVergoldung, goldgepr. RSchild und dreiseitigem Rotschnitt (stärker berieben und bestoßen).

Philosophie

Literatur des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts – Sehr selten, für uns im Handel und auf Auktionen nicht nachweisbar. - Erste Ausgabe. - Das einflussreichste Werk des deutschen Theologen Carl Anton Ernst Becher. Er veröffentlichte zehn Schriften in denen er sich durch seine Sympathie gegenüber Lessing und Nicolai als Aufklärer zu positionieren versuchte. - Ränder leicht gebräunt. Durchweg stockfleckig. Insgesamt gut erhalten.

Literature of 17th to 19th Century – Philosophy - With an engraved title vignette. Contemporary leather binding with gilt decoration, gilt-stamped spine label, and three-sided red edging (more heavily rubbed and bumped). - Very rare, not found in trade or auctions. - First edition. - The most influential work of German theologian Carl Anton Ernst Becher. He published ten writings in which he attempted to position himself as an Enlightenment thinker through his sympathy for Lessing and Nicolai. - Margins slightly browned. Foxing throughout. Overall in good condition.

Startprice: 200 €
Estimate: 300 €

Premium and taxation
This work is subject to under the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and inside the EU 7% (Books, Paintings, Drawings and most Prints) and 19% (Photographs, Screen and Offsetprints, Autographs and Manuscripts) VAT on the final invoice amount.

Shipping
A pickup of this work is possible in our premises at Potsdamer Str. 16, 14163 Berlin by appointment. If you wish a shipment of the work, please contact us for a consultation and shipping calculation. Framed tickets are shipped exclusively by a shipping company due to the risk of breakage. Postal shipping is only carried out at the express request and risk of the buyer.

Terms and Conditions
You can view our terms and conditions here

Droit de Suite
On the sales proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography, whose authors have not yet died 70 years before the end of the sale, an additional 2% (subject to change) of the hammer prices from 400€ will be charged pro rata for the VG Bild-Kunst, which represents the copyrights of visual artists according to § 26 UrhG.

Submit a bid

I would like to participate in your auction by accepting the General Terms and Conditions of Jeschke van Vliet Auctions Berlin GmbH.

Please note that if you register for telephone bidding, the limit will automatically be deposited as a security bid for you and will be binding in the event of a successful bid.

My contact details:

Contact

Yvonne Hoffmann, Domenico Jacono
and Jana Laska

Department Rare Books, Prints, Historical Photography
Phone: +49 30 2266 770 123

Ankauf

Do you want to sell an object by Carl Anton Ernst Becher?

Suchauftrag

Would you like to be notified when more objects by Carl Anton Ernst Becher are sold in future auctions?

Auction 159