The book series 'Frühe Neuzeit' - founded in 1987 by Jörg Jochen Berns, Gotthard Frühsorge, Klaus Garber, Wilhelm Kühlmann and Jan-Dirk Müller - publishes editions, monographs and collected volumes advancing fundamental research in the field. It does not seek to produce wide-ranging overviews, premature syntheses or pretentious constructions but takes the long route of detailed work and the exploration of submerged traditions.
Johann Georg Jacobi (1740-1814) is a significant representative of the German Enlightenment in its various spheres of experience, and range of aesthetic, political and religious options. This bibliography presents for the first time Jacobi's work and extensive literary estate. A register of more than 2000 letters brings to light not only Jacobi's numerous acquaintances and intense exchange of letters, but also the international network of the Enlightenment in Germany's southwest.
Achim Aurnhammer, Universität Freiburg; C. J. Andreas Klein, Villingen-Schwenningen.
"Insgesamt ein nicht nur für Interessenten an J., sondern auch seines breiten und illustren Freundes- und Bekanntenkreises höchst willkommenes und nützliches Repertorium."
Martin Rector in: Germanistik 3/4-2013
