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A German historian, antiquary, and poet; born on his family estate of Reinhards-grimme, near Dresden, in 1785; died at Dresden, July 25, 1843. A most industrious worker, he wrote books on almost every conceivable subject. The most interesting of them are: "Explanations of Some Assertions regarding the Wealth of Greece in Objects of Plastic Art" (1811); "Magazine of Art and History" (1816); "Italian Researches" (1826-31), a profound history of art in Italy, and consulted to this day by students of the subject; "The Spirit of Culinary Art" (1832); "School of Good Breeding" (1834), where he lays down rules of etiquette for all classes and conditions of men, from the minister to the postilion and waiter; and "Researches upon Maso di Finiguerra, Inventor of the Art of Printing upon Wet Paper", etc. (1841).