Apologie der Menschenrechte oder philosophisch kritische Beleuchtung der Schrift

Type of book:
Type of book
Full title of book: 
Apologie der Menschenrechte oder philosophisch kritische Beleuchtung der Schrift: Ueber die physische und moralische Verfassung der heutigen Juden
Text is presented as original: 
Yes
Textual and cultural sources for the book
Quotes from non-Jewish sources: 

Voltaire: Dictionnaire philosophique.

Diderot / d'Alemberts: Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences.

Montesquieu: Esprit des Lois.

Basnage: Histoire des Juifs.

Mendelssohn, Moses: Jerusalem.

Aristoteles: Nikomachische Ethik.

Spinoza: Tractatus theologico-politicus.

Grattenauer, Karl W. Fr.: Ueber die physische und moralische Verfassung.

Motto: 

La superstition met le monde entier en flammes; la philosophie les eteint.
Dictionnaire philosophique, par Voltaire. Article Superstition.

Volumes
General Notes: 

UB Kiel: Ka 9256

Publisher/ Printing press
Name of publisher: 
Orell
Geßner
Füßli & Co.
Year of publication as it appears in the book: 
1793
Hebrew year of publication as it appears in the book: 
תקנד
Gregorian year of publication as it appears in the book: 
1793
Place of publication as it appears in the book: 
Zürich
Format of date: 
modern
Price of book as it appears in the book: 
19 Groschen?
Editions
Total number of editions: 
1
Book structure
Number of languages: 
monolingual
Languages in book: 
German
Occasional words in other languages: 
Hebrew
French
Alignment of text: 
left
Typography: 
consecutive
Language of footnotes: 
German
Location of footnotes: 
bottom of pages
Fonts: 
Gothic
Is there a preface? 
Yes
Is there an epilogue? 
No
Is there a table of contents? 
No
Number of pages in the book: 
XXXVI, 220
Height of book, in cm: 
18
Width of book, in cm: 
11
Are there illustrations/diagrams? 
No
Persons mentioned in book
Are there personal addresses? 
No
Are there rabbinical approbations? 
No
Are there recommendations? 
No
Are there dedications? 
Yes
Notes: 

Seiner hochgräflichen Excellenz dem Hochgebohrnen Herrn Carl George Heinrich Graf von Hoym. Königl. Preußischen wirklichen geheimen Staats-, Kriegs- und dirigirenden Minister, Chef Präsidenten beider Schlesischen Kriegs- und Domainen-Kammern, auch Ritter des großen schwarzen Adler-Ordens: Erbherrn, der Herrschaften Dyhrenfurth, Wahren, Simmel, Peterwitz, Gloschkau etc. etc. Meinem gnädigen und höchst gebiethenden Herrn!

Are there thanks? 
No
Is there an appeal to sell subscriptions? 
No
Is there a list of subscribers? 
No
Is there a list of printers? 
No
Is there a list of proofreaders? 
No
Is there a list of the book's funders? 
No
Is there a list of the book's sellers? 
No
People mentioned in the book
Hebrew Name: 
הוים, קרל היינריך פון
German Name: 
Hoym, Karl Heinrich Graf von (Graf, Minister)
Description of mentionee: 
Dedication
Textual models
Main textual models of the book: 
Polemics
Secondary textual models: 
Scientific literature
Essay
Target audience
Target audience
Target audience as described in the book: 
general - unspecified
general non-Jewish
Notes on target audience: 

"aufgeklärtes ... christliches Publikum", S. XXIX

Preservation in the public consciousness
Mentions in reviews: 

Hirschel, Moses: Apologie der Menschenrechte. Oder philosophischkritische Beleuchtung der Schrift: über die füsische und moralische Verfassung der heutigen Juden, in: Neue allgemeine deutsche Bibliothek, 1796, 21. Bd., 2.St. , S. 338-339

Catalog numbers
National Library of Israel: 
2011028
Berlin State Library: 
Ez 740
References and bibliography
Secondary sources used by researchers: 

Hamberger, Gelehrte Teutschland, vol. III, p. 344; vol. XI, p. 358.

Copy of book used: 

UB Kile: Ka 9256

Notes: 

Biographischer Hintergrund unerforscht

Book producers
Name: 
Hirschel, Moses - הירשל, משה
Role(s) in book creation: 
Author
Prefaces
Number: 
1
Writer of preface: 
Hirschel, Moses - הירשל, משה
Role in book production: 
Author
Preface title: 

Vorrede