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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg  : Ausführliche Erklärung der Hogarthischen Kupferstiche

Look here, you had better get hold of G.C. Lichtenberg’s "Ausführliche Erklärung der Hogarthischen Kupferstiche": Gottingen, 1794 to 1816 (it was published in numbers seemingly. Douglas the publisher lent it to me: and tho’ I hate the damned tongue too cordially to do more than dip into it, I have seen some shrewd things. If you cannot get it for yourself, (it seems scarce), I daresay I could negotiate with Douglas for a loan.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Louis Stevenson      Print: Book

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