Salomon Gessner, Buchhändler, Dichter, Maler und Radirer zu Zürich.
Köln, J.M. Heberle (H. Lempertz), 1853-1865. Folio sheet. 48 x 31.5 cm. Lithographed printer's marks, portrait and manuscript. . Plate 33 from Bilder-Hefte zur Geschichte des Bücherhandels und der mit demselben verwandten Künste und Gewerbe by Heinrich Lempertz.
Salomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter and poet. His writing suited the taste of his time, though by some more recent standards it is “insipidly sweet and monotonously melodious.” As a painter, he represented the conventional classical landscape. Item #51-1570
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