Karl Viktor von Bonstetten and his circle

Karl Viktor von Bonstetten (1745-1832)

»Bonstetten is a man, who lived with every literature of the century from Voltaire and Rousseau up to Mrs. von Stael and Lord Byron. He has got an infinite experience and a special gift, to tell and show different persons` peculiarities by finest and best-focused hints.« (Eckermann in conversation with Goethe, 25th of November, 1830)

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