Gessner, Salomon 1730-1788

Overview

Works:	1,249 works in 4,171 publications in 16 languages and 21,087 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Poetry Portraits Juvenile works Exhibition catalogs Bibliography Biography Parodies, imitations, etc
Roles:	Author, Book producer, Dedicatee, Honoree, Illustrator, Translator, Editor, Creator, Bibliographic antecedent, Correspondent, Opponent, Other, Recipient, Printer, Dedicator, Artist, Contributor, Engraver
Classifications:	AC4, 831.6

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Salomon Gessner

Publications by Salomon Gessner

Publications by Salomon Gessner, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Salomon Gessner

Le préromantisme, études d'histoire littéraire européenne by Paul Van Tieghem ( Book )
Salomon Gessner : his creative achievement and influence by John Hibberd ( Book )
The death of Abel In five books. Attempted from the German of Mr. Gessner by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
Maler und Dichter der Idylle, Salomon Gessner, 1730-1788 by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
Salomon Gessner : sein Lebensbild, mit beschreibenden Verzeichnissen seiner literarischen und künstlerischen Werke by Paul Leemann-Van Elck ( Book )

Elemente idyllischen Lebens : Studien zu Salomon Gessner und Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Berthold Burk ( Book )
Salomon Gessner in Italien : sein literarischer Erfolg im 18. Jahrhundert by Rita Lüchinger ( Book )
The influence of Solomon Gessner upon English literature by Bertha Reed ( Book )
Elogio di Gessner by Aurelio Bertola De' Giorgi ( Book )
Salomon Gessner by Johann Jakob Hottinger ( Book )
Gottfried Keller und Salomon Gessner by Rita Buser ( Book )
Salomon Gessner, 1730-1930 : Gedenkbuch zum 200. Geburtstag by Emil Ermatinger ( Book )
Salomon Gessner als europäisches Phänomen : Spielarten des Idyllischen ( Book )
Deutscher Rokoko in strukturfremden Sprachgewand : vergleichende Analyse zweier Kazinczyübersetzungen einer Idylle von S. Gessner by Eva Martins ( Book )
Idyllen in gesperrter Landschaft : Zeichnungen und Gouachen von Salomon Gessner, 1730-1788 by Bernhard von Waldkirch ( Book )
Salomon Gessner : eine literarhistorisch-biographische Einleitung by Fritz Bergemann ( Book )
Renaissance and rococo; the Swiss painter-poets Niklaus Manual [i.e. Manuel] and Salomon Gessner by Johannes Hermann Tisch ( Book )
Der französische Hirtenroman am Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts und sein Verhältnis zu Salomon Gessner by Arthur Rauchfuss ( )
Salomon Gessner by Martin Bircher ( Book )
Bodmer et l'école suisse. Bodmer et Breitinger--Sulzer--Haller--Gessner--Lavater--Salis-Seewis--Jean de Muller--Balthassar--B. de Muralt--Iselin--Wégelin--Zimmermann, etc by Gonzague de Reynold ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Salomon Gessner

The death of Abel In five books. Attempted from the German of Mr. Gessner by Salomon Gessner ( )
609 editions published between 1761 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 8,410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

New idylles By Gessner. Translated by W. Hooper MD. With a letter to M. Fuslin, on landscape painting, and the Two friends of Bourbon, a moral tale, by M. Diderot by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
192 editions published between 1750 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 932 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Idylle - Anonym erschienen

La mort d'Abel, poeme en cinq chants Traduit de l'allemand de M. Gessner, par M. Huber by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
279 editions published between 1758 and 1977 in 6 languages and held by 645 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Plusieurs Neuchâtelois figurent dans la liste des souscripteurs: Bosset d'Eluse [i.e. Bosset de Luze], le capitaine de Marval de l'ordre du mérite militaire, Osterwald (qui souscrit pour deux ex.) et Schulthess de Zurich, ministre du Saint Evangile à Neuchâtel

Der Tod Abels. In fünf Gesängen by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
122 editions published between 1758 and 2011 in 11 languages and held by 391 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Christliches Epos

Rural poems. Translated from the original German, of M. Gessner by Salomon Gessner ( )
24 editions published between 1762 and 1763 in English and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Schriften by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
83 editions published between 1762 and 1824 in 4 languages and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Select poems from M. Gesner's Pastorals. By the versifier of Anningait and Ajutt by Salomon Gessner ( )
19 editions published in 1762 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The death of Abel. a sacred poem, in five books, attempted from the German of Mr. Gessner by Mary Collyer ( )
13 editions published between 1786 and 1793 in English and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The death of Abel. In five books. From the German of Mr. Gessner, of Zurich, in Switzerland. A new translation by Salomon Gessner ( )
15 editions published between 1764 and 1780 in English and held by 277 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gessners werke : auswahl by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
30 editions published between 1883 and 1974 in 3 languages and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The death of Cain in five books ; after the manner of The death of Abel. by Mary Collyer ( )
28 editions published between 1790 and 1797 in English and held by 175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dem Andenken deutscher Dichter und Philosophen gewidmet von Deutschen in Amerika Erster Band[.] ( )
14 editions published in 1796 in German and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The death of Abel by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
83 editions published between 1760 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 169 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Daphnis a poetical, pastoral novel. Translated from the German of Mr. Gessner, the celebrated author of the Death of Abel. By an English gentleman ... To which is prefixed, a prefatory discourse on the origin and use of pastoral poetry by Salomon Gessner ( )
13 editions published between 1768 and 2005 in English and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contes moraux, et nouvelles idylles de D--- et Sal. Gessner by Denis Diderot ( )
6 editions published in 1773 in French and held by 154 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The death of Abel. In five books. Translated from the German of Mr. Gessner. By Mrs. Collyer. Cooke's edition. Embellished with superb engravings by Mary Collyer ( )
5 editions published in 1796 in English and held by 140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The death of Abel. In five books. Attempted from the German of M. Gessner by Mary Collyer ( )
4 editions published in 1775 in English and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Daphnis by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
55 editions published between 1754 and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roman - Fehlende Seiten in der Originalvorlage - Anonym erschienen

Schriften by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
32 editions published between 1762 and 1976 in German and French and held by 125 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

New idyls, or, Pastoral poems by Salomon Gessner ( Book )
6 editions published in 1802 in English and held by 117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Related Identities

Collyer, Mary -1763 Author Translator
Abel (Biblical figure)
Cain (Biblical figure)
Huber, M. (Michel) 1727-1804 Other Translator
Collyer, Mary d. 1763 Author
Diderot, Denis 1713-1784 Author
Orell, Gessner, Füssli und Compagnie Book designer Printer Book producer
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Author
Van Tieghem, Paul 1871-1948 Author
Frey, Adolf 1855-1920 Editor

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Associated Subjects

Abel--(Biblical figure) Art appreciation Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Leasing Bible Bible.--Old Testament Bible stories Bodmer, Johann Jakob, Breitinger, Johann Jakob, Cain--(Biblical figure) Comparative literature--English and German Comparative literature--German and English Comparative literature--German and French English poetry Europe European literature Fiction Fore-edge painting French fiction French poetry German literature German poetry Gessner, Salomon, Gouache painting Haller, Albrecht von, History of Biblical events Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Italy Landscape painting Landscape painting, German Landscapes Lavater, Johann Caspar, Literature Literature, Modern Müller, Johannes von, Painting, Renaissance Painting, Rococo Pastoral fiction, English Pastoral literature Pastoral literature, French Pastoral poetry Poetry Prose poems, German Rococo literature Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, Shakespeare, William, Sulzer, Johann Georg, Swiss literature (German) Switzerland Tales Tod Abels (Gessner, Salomon)

New idylles By Gessner. Translated by W. Hooper MD. With a letter to M. Fuslin, on landscape painting, and the Two friends of Bourbon, a moral tale, by M. Diderot

Alternative Names

Gesner.

Gesner, .. 1730-1788

Gesner , Salomon

Gesner Salomon 1730-1788

Gesner, Salomone

Gesnero, .. 1730-1788

Gesnero , Salomone

Gessner.

Geßner, .. 1730-1788

Gessner, S. 1730-1788

Gessner, S. (Salomon), 1730-1788

Geßner, Salomo 1730-1788

Gessner, Salomon

Gessner , Salomone

Gessner, Solomon 1730-1788

Geszner 1730-1788

Geβner, Salomon

Ghessner, Salomon

Kesner, Saġ 1730-1788

Kesnēr, Soghomon

Kesnēr, Soghomon 1730-1788

S. G 1730-1788

Salomon Gessner

Sol. Gesner, Jun.

Languages

English (885)
German (457)
French (350)
Italian (19)
Welsh (5)
Spanish (3)
Armenian (3)
Swedish (2)
Danish (1)
Romanian (1)
Irish (1)
Lithuanian (1)
Polish (1)
Multiple languages (1)
Dutch (1)
Germanic (1)

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