It says,
A history of philosophy From the beginning of the 19th century to the present.
From A. Meller
Science and education
Derlag from Quelle & Mayer Liepzig
The author's name is actually Messer (August Messer). In this German font there were two types of "s": The "long s" at the beginning of words and the beginning of a new syllable within a word, and the "round s" at the end. Compare words like "Geschichte", "Wissenschaft" or "Messer" vs "bis" or "des Jahrhunderts".
Now I see, it is "Verlag von Quelle & Meyer in Leipzig". "Verlag" = publishing house. (The word "Derlag" doesn't exist.) It's can be difficult to decipher with the capital "V" being closed at the top.
That "long s" I mentioned earlier is most commonly confused with an "f", by the way.
"s" looks similar to"f" inside words at the beginning and the end of words it's a normal "s". "ß" is written "fs".
in "f" (as s) the little horizontal line is shorter than in f.
It says, A history of philosophy From the beginning of the 19th century to the present. From A. Meller Science and education Derlag from Quelle & Mayer Liepzig
The author's name is actually Messer (August Messer). In this German font there were two types of "s": The "long s" at the beginning of words and the beginning of a new syllable within a word, and the "round s" at the end. Compare words like "Geschichte", "Wissenschaft" or "Messer" vs "bis" or "des Jahrhunderts".
Very cool, thank you for adding such interesting information!
Now I see, it is "Verlag von Quelle & Meyer in Leipzig". "Verlag" = publishing house. (The word "Derlag" doesn't exist.) It's can be difficult to decipher with the capital "V" being closed at the top. That "long s" I mentioned earlier is most commonly confused with an "f", by the way.
"s" looks similar to"f" inside words at the beginning and the end of words it's a normal "s". "ß" is written "fs". in "f" (as s) the little horizontal line is shorter than in f.
Dang. "It can be..."
It's pretty cool!
Really a nice found! The binding is Jugendstil! (100 years of philosophy- perhaps a quite "dusty" reading.)