GESSNER, Salomon. — Schriften. 3 vols.

1774 (vols. I and II), and 1772 (vol. III) With 3 engr. title vignettes. 268 pp.; 274 pp., (1) leaf advertisements; 221 pp., (3) pp. advertisements. Small 8vo. Contemp. calf (rubbed). Zurich, Orell, Gessner, Füesslin und Comp., 1774 (vols. I and II), and 1772 (vol. III). The sixth edition of Gessner's (1730-1788) collected works, a so-called "Volksausgabe", containing: Der Tod Abels, Daphnis (vol. I); Idyllen, Evander und Alcimna, Erast, Die Sündfluth, Der Erste Schiffer (vol. II); Idyllen, Erzählungen von Diderot, Brief über die Landschaftsmahlerey an Herrn Füesslin (vol. III). - Some spotting at beginning and end, bookplate on pastedowns and ms. name on titles. - Leemann van Elck, Salomon Gessner, 537. LITERATURE: GERMAN ; LITERATUR: DEUTSCHE ;