685 - Merkel, Garlieb Helwig. A Gossip Story by the Author of The Benefits of Education. Translated from the English. Leipzig, Hartknoch, 1798. 5 leaves, 336 pp., 1 leaf. 17 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (worn, with wormholes).

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€300 - 450

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Merkel, Garlieb Helwig. A Gossip Story by the Author of *The Benefits of Education*. Translated from the English. Leipzig, Hartknoch, 1798. 5 leaves, 336 pp., 1 leaf. 17 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (worn, with wormholes). First and only edition of this publication by the German-Baltic journalist and writer Garlieb Helwig Merkel (1769–1850), who laid the foundations for Estonian and Latvian historiography with his studies on Latvia. - Title page with a small corner tear, slightly browned and/or stained. *

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Autographs, Old Books, Antique Paper Items & Travel Photography

Thursday, November 12

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685 - Merkel, Garlieb Helwig. A Gossip Story by the Author of *The Benefits of Education*. Translated from the English. Leipzig, Hartknoch, 1798. 5 leaves, 336 pp., 1 leaf. 17 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (worn, with wormholes).