German jurist. His home was a literary and musical salon, and he was a friend of Friedrich Schiller
Size 14 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:495
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner 1719-1800
German mathematician and epigrammatist. He was known in his professional life for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias rather than for original research. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was one of his doctoral students, and admired the man greatly.
Size 12 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:494
Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse 1749-1803
Wilhelm Heinse, German author, was born at Langewiesen in Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. After attending grammar school at Schleusingen he studied law at Jena and Erfurt. In Erfurt he became acquainted with Wieland and through him with “Father” Gleim who in 1772 procured him the post of tutor in a family at Quedlinburg
Size 12.5 x 18.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:493
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten 1758 -1818
Also known as Ludwig Theobul or Ludwig Theoboul, was a German poet and Lutheran preacher.
Size 11 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:492
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 1742-1799
German physicist, satirist, and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany.
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:491
August Gottlieb Meissner 1753-1807
German writer of the Enlightenment and is considered the founder of the German detective story
Size 10 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:490
Lorenz Oken 1779-1851
German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:489
Amandus Gottfried Adolf Müllner 1774-1829
German critic and dramatic poet. Müllner was a nephew of Gottfried August Burger, and was born at Langendorf near Weissenfels.
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:488
Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener 1714-1771
German writer of prose satires and publicist of the Enlightenment. He was born at Wachau near Leipzig, and he died at Dresden. In 1741 he made his debut as satirist in Schwabe’s Belustigungen des Verstandes und Witzes, and was subsequently a contributor to the Bremer Beitrage.
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:487
Christian Gotthilf Salzmann 1744-1811
Christian Gotthilf Salzmann was a German educational reformer and the founder of the Schnepfenthal institution.
Size 12.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:486