PÖLITZ, Karl Heinrich Ludwig.

Leipzig, J. C. Hinrichssche Buchhandlung, 1826. 8vo. XVI,+ 514,+ (2); IV,+ 388; IV,+ 404 pp. Some foxing, and a slight stain in upper margin in part three. Somewhat worn black contemporary half calf, gilt spines and marbled board papers and edges. Three volumes. From the library of Nils. S. von Koch at Augerum. First edition. Part one 1783-1806, part two 1806-1814, part three 1814-1825. Part one starts with a long introduction (page 1-140) on the history of America from Columbus and up to 1783.Karl Heinrich Ludwig Pölitz (1772-1838) was a German historian and political scientist, professor in philosophy, history, and political science first at Wittenberg and then at Leipzig, and he was editor of the Leipziger Literaturzeitung. He wrote several popular works in the field of political science and on constitutional matters. ”Seine wissenschaftliche Leistung, die erst heute voll anerkannt wird, ist daher nicht nur im stofflichen Ausbau einer den Zeitfragen zugewandten Staatswissenschaft zu erblicken, sondern erst in der erstrebten Synthese von Theorie und Empirie” (NDB).Pölitz was also an entusiastic book collector and his collection of music and musical literature was acquired by the Leipziger Stadtbibliothek in 1839 and included 13.360 volumes. Nils S. von Koch (1801-81) was an influential Swedish liberal jurist and politician, married to Francis Eliza Lewin from England. He was very engaged in the social questions of his time like education, penalty laws and prisons, voting rights etc.