Lot 63
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KANT, Immanuel (1724-1804). Critik der practischen Vernunft. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1788. 8° (197 x 110mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt decorated in compartments with floral motifs (rubbed and scuffed, tail of spine chipped, corners bumped).
KANT, Immanuel (1724-1804). Critik der practischen Vernunft. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1788. 8° (197 x 110mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt decorated in compartments with floral motifs (rubbed and scuffed, tail of spine chipped, corners bumped).

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KANT, Immanuel (1724-1804). Critik der practischen Vernunft. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1788. 8° (197 x 110mm). Woodcut vignette on title. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt decorated in compartments with floral motifs (rubbed and scuffed, tail of spine chipped, corners bumped).

FIRST EDITION of the Critique of Practical Reason in which Kant formulates the 'categorical imperative', the foundation of modern ethics. FRESH COPY. Warda 112; Waller 19813; Norman 1198; PMM 226 (note).

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