L.H. Nicolay (1737-1820) and His Contemporaries: Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire, Gluck, Metastasio, Galiani, d'Escherny, Gessner, Bodmer, Lavater, Wielan

by Edmund Heier

Book Overview

Ludwig Heinrich von Nicolay (1737-1820) is virtually unknown in our time. Yet at the close of the eighteenth century he enjoyed a considerable reputation as a German poet of the French neo-classical orientation. He was esteemed as tutor to the Russian Emperor Paul I, as Russian State Counciller, and as President of the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences. Moreover he was a friend of the most prominent eighteenth century minds that left their imprints...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9024701856
• ISBN13: 9789024701858
• Release Date: July 1965
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"