Anleitung zur Poesie - Neukirch, Benjamin,Maior, Elias,Neumeister, Erdmann,Stieler, Kaspar von,Stieff, Christian (Hubert, 1725)
The anonymous author claims that this guide to poetry is in agreement with manuscripts sent to him by several famous men distinguished for their poetic writings, as B.N., E.M., C.S. (Benjamin Neukirch, Elias Major or error for EN: Erdmann Neumeister?, Caspar Stieler?); the two appended poems were sent by friends: Die sterbende Sinnen bey dem Creutze Christi ... & Der weinende Petrus, the latter a specimen of a larger work, possibly to be entitled Das Leben Christi; pages 14-15 on primitive poetry, including the American Indian