xxx + 706 pp. Frontis portrait of Maria Marianne Salome von Bonstetten, other bw illus. In German. Assumed 1st. Bonstettens (1745-1832) was native of Bern, a politician and writer, concerned with psychology, pedagogy, philosophy, Scandianavian and classicial archeology. He lived and traveled in Italy, Scandinavian, France, England, Holland and Germany and maintained extensive friendships and correspondences throughout western Europe. This volume covers his marriage, the "ontology" of the Federal Republic which he discussed at length with Muller, and the alliance with France. Purple cloth with gilt is rubbed at the corners, spine gilt has mostly disappeared, scratch on back cover, dark mark on bottom edge, interior has few marks on the fep, otherwise crisp and clean.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall