Auction Date:2010 Jul 14 @ 22:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
German writer, scientist, and philosopher (1749–1832) who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and dramatic works provided source material for Beethoven, Schubert, and Berlioz, among others. LS in German, signed “Goethe,” one page, 7.25 x 4.5, January 18, 1806. Letter to Eichstädt. In part: ”As I have to spend some hours here to work out the reviews we talked about, therefore I am asking if the novel Melanie das Findelkind, Berlin 1804 published by Unger in 1804 is already revised. I am just finding that papers on the way.” In very good to fine condition, with two vertical folds, marginal binding holes to left edge, a few light creases, and toning to bottom edge.
Goethe’s brief letter expresses his apparent desire to have the Friederike Helene Unger novel, Melanie das Findelkind, undergo some type of revision. The reason why, however, is unclear, as over time her book and one by Goethe have become intertwined in literary circles. Some critics cite Goethe’s work, Wilhelm Meister, as having been an inspiration to Unger, creating a “female” equivalent of Goethe’s male novel of formation. Perhaps Goethe was displeased with the comparison or interpretation of her work? An interesting, if not mildly befuddling, piece of correspondence from the philosophical giant.
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