Small 8 vo. XXII, 430 pp. + 1 Bl. pp. modern hard boards, copy of the Gotha school professor Johann Georg August Galletti (1750-1828, ownership inscription of Heinrich Gottlob Lipsius, dated 1835 on front fly leaf, Gotha, Perthes, first edition, 1801.

Synopsis

Galletti (1750-1828), was a German historian. His fame is not based on his merits as an academic, but on his reputation as the creator of a few hundreds of stylistic howlers, becoming a legend as Kathederblüten (teacher’s howlers) originated during his time as a grammar school professor in Gotha.. This text collected by Galletti’s disciples sayings (“Gallettiana”), “are among the best of their time”, ADB VIII, 333).