Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette
Ulla bei Weimar 1780 - Basel 1849
Protestant theologian, he studied theology in Jena. Professor of theology at the University of Heidelberg (1807), Berlin (1810) and Basel (1822).
Main works: Beiträge zur Einleitung in das Alte Testament, 2 Bde. (Halle 1806-1807); Commentar über die Psalmen (Heidelberg 1811); Lehrbuch der christlichen Dogmatik, 2 Bde. (Berlin 1813-1816); Christliche Sittenlehre, 3 Bde. (Berlin 1819-1821); Kurzgefaßtes exegetisches Handbuch zum Neuen Testament, 3 Bde. in 11 Teilen (Leipzig 1836-1848).
Two printed catalogues, with continuous numbering. In the first, 4370 bibliographic descriptions are listed, divided as follows: In Folio (nos. 1-154), In Quarto (nos. 155-707), In Octavo (nos. 708-4370). In the second, the bibliographic descriptions are subdivided as follows: Theologie, Philosophie, Orientalia, Bibelstudium (nos. 4371-6537), Philologie (nos. 6538-6918), Manuskripte (nos. 1-12).