How many essays did Gotthold Ephraim Lessing publish in Hamburgische Dramaturgie?

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German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Lessing, detail of an oil painting by Georg May, 1768; in the Gleimhaus, Halberstadt, Germany.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing published 104 brief essays in his work titled Hamburgische Dramaturgie (1767–69). These essays were written as reviews of more than 50 theatrical performances and focused on the basic principles of drama.1