Martyni-Lagonia, Johann Aloysius (i.e. Karl Friedrich Martini), Saxon universal scholar and writer, courtmaster at various times. Aristocratic families, friends with many philosophers and writers, rejected as wealthy landowner numerous offers of domestic and foreign universities (1755-1824). Eigh. Letter m. U. "Martyni, called Lagonia". 1 p. 4to. Köhnsgut near Zwickau 1.XII.1786. Probably to the bookseller Georg Joachim Göschen. "... Ew. ==References====External links== Praenumeration on 12 copies of the Noth & Hülfsbüchlein. The subscriber of the same is Mr. Kaufmann Martini in Zwickau. Of the rest nothing has yet been received; because most of the part is already going to the Praenumeriren. - The piece of literature and ethnology, in which my Mspt contain, came to me only in the previous months; otherwise, during this time, I could have delivered some, not insignificant, amounts. I think that one is in such a fortrefl. Goddessgische Anzeigen, bey Beurtheilung des Journals, has mentioned my essays with Beyfall, and this is not indifferent to me. - About some literary works, which I have been dealing with for some time, Ew. Hochedelgeb., bey mehrer Muse [!], einige Winke giben ...". - Rudolph Zacharias Beckers "Noth- und Hülfsbüchlein", whose first part appeared only in 1788 at Göschen, became a sensational sales success. - From the authors of the articles "Martyni-Laguna" in the literary lexica incl. Wikipedia has probably never seen a letter from the author, because "Laguna" is wrong: he clearly signs here: "Martyni, called Lagonia".