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Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Swiss poet (1741-1801)

Also known as: Johann Caspar Lavater, Caspar, J. C. Lavater, Johann Kaspar, Lavater, Иоганн Каспар Лафатер

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Known works

  • Reisetagebücher
  • Predigten über die Existenz des Teufels, und andere Schriften (1991)
  • Johann Kaspar Lavater, Charles Bonnet, Jacob Bennelle (1997)
  • Geheimes Tagebuch (1771)
  • Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe (1775)