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by Johann Gottsched

$275 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitoph, 1752. Second edition following that of 1748 , 8vo, pp. 28 , 678, 18 index ; contemporary full calf; small tear to front corner of half-title, light to moderate rubbing, and browning of text; a very good copy. Gottsched 1700-1766 , German critic and litterateur, published several works on drama and poetry, including a book of his own verse in 1736. His writings went a long way towards refining the German language, and

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