$813
[Harmony, Indiana: Harmony Society], 1824. Small 8vo, original blue wrappers. First edition in English of the first major work published by the Harmony Society. The Harmonists established a utopian society as a separatist group from the German Lutheran Church in Harmony, Indiana. This work, attributed to the founder of the Society, Johann George Rapp, outlines the group's values and goals, the foremost being universal dedication to philanthropy and peace. Soiling to wrappers; ex-library copy with "Chicago Historical Society" stamp to title page; bookseller's TLS tipped to front pastedown and ALS tipped in rear pastedown; scattered brownspotting.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2014-11-05
