W. R. Schweizer collection of German autographs, 1529-1935.

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W. R. Schweizer collection of German autographs, 1529-1935.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122520528

Chiefly 19th-century German literary letters, writings, and fragments of 275 poets, dramatists, authors, critics, as well as some scientists and other individuals, including: Heinrich Heine, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christian F. Gellert, Thomas Mann. Also includes letters of Karl E. Franzos, editor of Deutsche Dichtung and the Neue Illustrierte Zeitung. Also contains early Latin letters, including one from Philipp Melanchthon, and letters from Henrik Ibsen (in Norwegian) and Alexander von Humboldt.

5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856

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Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry set to music by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered a member of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame. He spent the last 25 years of his life as...

Von Humboldt, Alexander, 1769-1859

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Born in Berlin, Germany, and educated at the universities of Frankfurt and Göttingen, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most prominent European figures of his age. His fame largely derived from his scientific expedition in Latin America between 1799 and 1804, which resulted in numerous discoveries, particularly related to physical geography and meteorology. Notably, he spent 1803 in New Spain (present day Mexico) conducting a census of the territory. Source: Alexander von ...

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000173 German author. From the description of Land of good will : typewritten article signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609625 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Bad Tölz, to Herr Fischer, his publisher, 1909 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607913 From the description...

Schweizer, W. R.,

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Includes material in German, French, Latin, and Norwegian. From the description of W. R. Schweizer collection of German autographs, 1529-1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122520528 ...

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x0002bc Henrik Ibsen, playwright. W.L. Turner, translator. From the description of Rosmersholm: typescript, 1998. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430738 Playwright. From the description of A doll home : playscript, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454948 Norwegian poet and dramatist. ...

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Gellert, Christian Fürchegott, 1715-1769.

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Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560

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Humanist and reformer; friend and colleague of Martin Luther. From the description of Paulus spricht zu den Colossern, 1551. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122576370 German theologian and Protestant reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nuremberg, to his son-in-law Caspar Peucer, [1555] Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270637323 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wittenberg, to an unidentified recipient year not...

Franzos, Karl Emil, 1848-1904

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German novelist and journalist. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Berlin], to an unidentified recipient, 1883 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870825 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000354 ...