Hegel (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich) Encyclopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaftenim im Grundrisse, presentation copy inscribed to Philip Marheineke, Heidelberg, 1830.

Hegel (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich) Encyclopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaftenim im Grundrisse, presentation copy inscribed to Philip Marheineke "Dem Herrn Dr. u. Professor Marheinike als Zeichen seiner innigen Hochachtung und Freundschaft der Verfasser" ["To Dr and Professor Mahrenikien as a mark of the author's deepest respect and friendship"] to front free endpaper, third edition, Gothic letter, occasional light browning, contemporary boards, manuscript label to spine, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Heidelberg, 1830.

⁂ An inscribed copy of Hegel's last book, a philosophic masterpiece and the most explicit formulation of his dialectic method, with an excellent provenance. Presentation copies from Hegel are extremely rare, we can trace only one other inscribed work at auction in the last 40 years.

The recipient, Philip Marheineke (1780-1846) was a prominent follower of Hegel, an editor of his collected works, and the leader of the Hegelian Right following the philosopher's death in 1831.

Provenance: Philip Marheineke (1780-1846, presentation inscription from the author); K. Schultze (owner inscription on title and note to endpaper); Ferdinand Jakob Schmidt (German philosopher, 1860-1939; gift inscription "dem Pfleger u. Forderer von Hegels Ideen" ["the custodian and supporter of Hegel's ideas"] to endpaper).