Johann Georg Theodor Grässe (also Graesse; 31 January 1814 – 27 August 1885) was a German
bibliographer
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and literary historian.
He worked in
Dresden
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at the
Münzkabinett
The Münzkabinett (English: Numismatic Cabinet) is part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections). Founded around 1530, it is one of the oldest museums in Dresden. It is located in Dresden Castle.
The Münzkabinet ...
and also edited the journal ''Zeitschrift für Museologie und Antiquitätenkunde''. He was born in
Grimma and died in .
Works
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*
Gesta Romanorum (Dresden, 1842)
* ''Bibliotheca magica'' (Leipzig, 1843)
* ''Handbuch der allgemeinen Litteraturgeschichte'' (Dresden, 1844-50)
2nd ed.* ''Bibliotheca psychologica'' (1845)
* Legenda aurea des
Jacobus de Voragine (1846)
* ''Die Sage vom Ritter Tannhäuser'' (1846)
* ''Geschichte der Poesie Europas und der bedeutendsten außreuropïschen Länder vom Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts bis auf die neueuste Zeit'' (1848)
* ''Leitfaden der allgemeinen Literaturgeschichte'' (Leipzig, 1854)
* ''Sagenschatz des Königreichs Sachsen'' (1855)
* ''Sachsens Fürsten in Bildern mit geschichtlichen Erläuterungen''. (Dresden, 1856)
* With
Peter Christen Asbjörnsen: ''Nord und Süd. Ein Märchen-Strauß'' (Dresden, 1858)
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* ''
Orbis Latinus'' (Dresden, 1861)
* ''Märchenwelt''. Verlag Moritz Schäfer (Leipzig, 1865)
* ''Sagenbuch des preußischen Staats'' (Dresden, 1866–71)
* ''Beschreibender Katalog der königlichen Porzellansammlung'' (Dresden, 1874)
* ''Sachsens Fürsten aus dem Haus Wettin'' (1875)
* ''Geschlechts-, Namen- und Wappensagen des Adels deutscher Nation'' (Dresden, 1876)
* ''Beschreibender Katalog des Grünen Gewölbes'' (5th ed., 1881)
References
External links
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Grässe, Johann Georg Theodor 1814-1885
German bibliographers
German literary historians
German male non-fiction writers
1814 births
1885 deaths
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