Georg Friedrich Meier - Duitse Verlichting: Denckmal der seltenen Verdienste / Vorstellung der Ursachen / Der Wurm-Doctor - 1746

1. Memorial of the rare merits for the whole of Germany, which his magnificence and most noble lord Johan Christoph Gottsched, public teacher of world wisdom and poetry in Leipzig, possesses. Erected by all truly minded Germans. Along with a remarkable appendix, under the title of the second part - [n.p]. [n.p.]. 1746 - 78(6) pp - no volume, only still paper back cover - 19 x 11 cm

Moderate. Edges of back cover frayed. A small bite from the lower edge of the title page. Interior browned/foxing. A number of pages coming loose. Interior margin of the last leaf glued tightly to the back cover, causing letters to fade

Theoretical and biographical laudatory prose that honors the great linguist and cultural merits of the influential professor Johann Christoph Gottsched.

2. Georg Friedrich Meier's presentation of the reasons why it seems impossible to have a useful and reasonable dispute with Mr. Professor Gottsched—Halle an der Saale, Carl Hermann Hemmerdem 1754 - 69 pp - paper binding - 19 x 12

Moderate. Edges of the binding frayed. Interior browned/foxing. A number of leaves coming loose

Philosophical-literary polemic in which author Georg Friedrich Meier explains in detail why it is impossible to conduct a reasonable scientific debate with the dogmatic professor Gottsched

3. Der Wurm-Doctor oder glaubwürdige Lebensbeschreibung des Herrn Verfassers vom Wurmsamen — Frankfurt and Leipzig, [n.p.], 1751 - 24 pp - paper binding - 19 x 12

Moderate. Edges of the binding frayed. Interior browned/foxing. A number of leaves coming loose. The interior margin of the last page glued so tightly to the back cover that some letters are missing

Satirical and sharp literary parody that, in the form of a fictitious biography, sweeps away the emergent, exaggeratedly emotional poetic style of that time.

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