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Johann Wolfgang Goethe Autograph Letter Signed

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Johann Wolfgang Goethe Autograph Letter Signed
<B>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Autograph Letter Signed in German</B></I> "<I>Goethe</B></I>". One page, 7.5" x 9.5", np, September 27, 1816, ink. The letter reads, according to the English translation accompanying the letter, in full: "<I>Honrable Sir: I should have thanked you long ago for your affeftion and your works to which I have paid sympathetical attention. Should I excuse those failures I would have to think of many painful and unpleasant things; I shall rather forward at once a contribution which will instruct you and mat be useful to your needs. Should you want to leave some of the curious presentations in copper I would advise you to select a symbolic alphabet; for example, Emperor, Judge, Possession, Property, etc. The orders are coming in again and again. Therefore, you will have enough stimuli for the preparatory work; however, I will not be able to go over the latter one again. Would you indicate what you intend to use thereof, for then I would be stimulated to add something here and there. In order that the transmission will not be held up any further, my best wishes for your well-being. Sincerely, Goethe. Weimar, September 27, 1816</B></I>". Also accompanied by an engraving of Goethe from a photograph by Bruckmann of Munich. At the time this letter was written, Goethe was busy editing a journal <I>Ueber Kunst and Altertum</B></I> (<I>On Art and Antiquity</B></I>), which he edited for the rest of his days. 1816 was also the year his wife, Christiane Vulpius died. A rare and lengthy letter from the legendary author of <I>Faust,</B></I> and the man George Eliot once described as "Germany's greatest man of letters...and the last true polymath to walk the earth."<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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