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a| Riesbeck, Johann Kaspar d| 1754-1786 4| aut 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q930749 9| 6047

a| Briefe eines reisenden Franzosen über Deutschland an seinen Bruder zu Paris

a| 2nd ed.

a| Zürich c| 1784

a| 2 vols. (430+408 pages)

a| printed

a| In the form of letters allegedly written by a Frenchman traveling in Germany, Riesbeck exposes for the first time the gap between the French Enlightenment and Germany's backwardness, on the eve of the French Revolution; he severely criticizes the social and religious mores of his country, as well as its political administration; but he also underlines its strengths, particularly in scientific, literary and philosophical matters, to show himself convinced that the German nation possesses the qualities necessary for its regeneration.

a| Originally published in 1783

a| Ex libris Maclean of Ardgour (plate)

a| 18th Century (1701-1800) 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7015 9| 20899

a| Travel 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q61509 9| 4440

a| Enlightenment 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12539 9| 4532

a| Crescendo 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2347888 9| 22787

a| Correspondence 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1784733 9| 21392

a| Germany 1| http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q183 9| 155

a| Lettres d'Allemagne

u| https://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb10467956_00001.html 3| Bavarian State Library

c| BOO

a| boek

b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.10 07B13_01

b| ORPH c| ORPH j| ORPH.KTS1 C2.10 07B13_02

d| 1449