Jöcher, Christian Gottlieb. General Scholar-Lexicon: Inside the scholars of all states both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present time, and made themselves known to the learned world. 4 volumes. With stung portrait frontispiece and stung head vignette. 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Semi-leather d. C. (impacted, more rubbed, capitals brittle) with gold-embossed RSchild. Leipzig, Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1750-1751. Zischka 133. Bestermann 819. – First edition. " Includes the whole historical period until 1750. Valuable for the Middle Ages and for lesser known authors" (Zishka). These four volumes, published by Jöcher himself, are a completed work by A-Z. – stamp on title. Hardly brownish.