« … we who are serious in Germany about our autograph collections
are just so few … »
Stefan Zweig, letter to an autograph collector, Vienna, March 17, 1917
Autographs & Manuscripts
- Autographes. Catalogue of the auction Nouvelle Série no. 16
- Beethoven, Ludwig van. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
- The experienced biography
1798 Piano Wrestling – Cook Mehlschöberl – 100 £ from England
Beethoven – (Seyfried, Ignaz Ritter von.)
Biographische Notitzen & Character Traits and Anecdotes (on Ludwig van Beethoven)
The 1831 original manuscript of the second earliest biography on Beethoven
with important deviation from print - Beethoven – (Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried.) Biographische Notitzen (on Ludwig van Beethoven).
Reduced reproduction and transcription of the autograph manuscript as the second earliest biography of Beethoven written by a close companion - Brazil – Documents on Slavery in Brazil, Seven.
Dec. 19, 1823 – Sep. 2, 1884 - With marital permission :
Certificate of heirship for Louise Friederike Therese Schubert, née Häussler, about 673,120 marks - Confirmation of the preacher Schinkel (Barsikov/Brandenburg) that the premade bagged poison by F. Bulle can “be administered without hesitation … to the extermination of rats and mice”
- Customs procedure & six-in-hand carriage horses :
Fürstenberg, Franz Egon Graf von. Letter with autograph signature to the Elector of Treves - Gärtner, Wilhelm Friedrich. Formula “for the extinction of rats and mice”
- Imperial Thanks
Grant of Arms for Johann Elias Ridinger
Issued by Imperial Count Palatine Ludwig Bartholomäus von Herttenstein
Augsburg 24 August 1746
„ vielen herzlichen Dank für die Faxübermittlung Ihres Schriftverkehrs mit … Hochinteressant und das Thema (des jagdlichen) ‚Wurstwagen‘ wunderbar anschaulich darstellend! Nochmals vielen Dank! “
(Museum S. B., 23. Februar 2004)