Goethe on fleas/Goethes juristische Abhandlung über die Flöhe
am 08.05.2008 von Transblawg
The Legal Antiquarian is a promising new blog from Mike Hoeflich of the University of Kansas School of Law.
In a recent entry, it mentions Goethes juristische Abhandlung über die Flöhe.
It looks as if the original was by Otto Philipp Zaunschliffer, whether in Latin or German. In the Rococo period, there was a plague of fleas, and Zaunschliffer wrote this spoof treatise on fleas in that time. It became very popular with law students. Later it was wrongly attributed to Goethe. the Wikipedia entry on Flohbein …
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» Juristische Abhandlung über die Flöhe . Faksimile der Ausgabe von 1866 - Goethe, J. W., Zaunschliffer, O.
Reprint of the 1866 ed. 144pp, illustrated. Latin text with facing German interpretation. A nice copy in slipcase. Decorative Boards 1964 Hameln
