Ziegler, Christiana Mariana von. Moralische und vermischte Sendschreiben, An einige ihrer vertrauten und guten Freunde gestellet. Leipzig, J. F. Braun's Heirs, 1731. 8°. [11] ll., 416 pp. Interim paperback of the time (somewhat stained, capitals slightly bumped). First edition. - Rare work of the "Zieglerin", who was the first and only female member of Gottsched's "Deutsche Gesellschaft" in Leipzig in 1730. Among her works are a total of 9 cantata texts set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1733 she was crowned "Poeta laureata" in Wittenberg. - Browned throughout and somewhat foxed; untrimmed.

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