STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CCIII. Les Simulachres & historiees faces de la Mort (Lyon, Soubz l'escu de Coloigne: [Melchior et Gaspar Trechsel fratres], 1538). Printed. Containing Holbein's 'Dance of Death' designs. Bookplate 'From the Library of John Charrington, The Grange, Shenley'. G...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXI. Arthur Rimbaud: 'Poésies'; 1870-[1871]. Fair copies. French. See Oeuvres Complètes de Arthur Rimbaud, ed. R. de Renéville and J. Monquet (Paris, 1946), pp. 40-69. ff. 47. Late 19th-cent. binding of red cloth, with gilt-stamped title, decorated spine and ma...
Hans Christian Andersen: Poem 'Fest-Sang til Landsoldaten' (1851)
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Autograph fair copy in Kurrentschrift. Poem of four stanzas celebrating the return of soldiers from the First Schleswig-Holstein War. Heading 'Fest-Sang til Landsoldaten' (underlined). ‘Mel. Dengang jeg drog afsted’. Begins: 'Dengang Du drog afsted' Ends: ‘Hurra, Hurra, Hurra’ Stanzas 1, 2 a...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXL. Gabriele D'Annunzio: poem 'La Laude di Dante'; circa 1904. Fair copy. Italian. See Laudi del cielo, del mare, della terra e degli eroi, Istituto Nazionale per la Edizione di Tutti le Opere di Gabriele D'Annunzio, Book 2, Elettra (Verona, 1928), pp. 4-10. ff. ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXLVII. Joseph Fouché: letter to his colleagues and friends; 1794. French. ff. 2. 305 x 200mm. Joseph Fouché, Duc d'Otrante: Letter to his colleagues and friends: 1794: Fr.
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXXII. Maximilien de Robespierre: speech 'La rose croît pour tous les hommes'; circa 1787. Draft. French. ff. 7. 300 x 194mm. Maximilien de Robespierre, French politician: Speech 'La rose croÎt pour tous les hommes' by Maximilien de Robespierre: circa 1787: Fr: ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CXLI. Charles Darwin: fragment of 'Insectivorous Plants', with some mathematical calculations relating to meridians on the verso; n.d. Draft. Published in 1875. See The Works of Charles Darwin, ed. P. H. Barrett and R. B. Freeman, vol. 24 (1989), p. 307. f. 1. 165...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXII. Thomas Moore: poem 'The Last Rose of Summer'; circa 1813. Fair copy. See The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq., (Paris: Galignani, 1820), vol. iv, pp. 121-122. ff. 2. 199 x 165mm. Poetry ENGLISH: Thomas Moore, poet: Poem 'The Last Rose of Summer' by Thomas Moor...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLVI. Heinrich Heine: poem 'Die armen Weber'; [1844]. Draft. German. Published as 'Die Schlesischen Weber'. See Heinrich Heine, Sämtliche Schriften, ed. K. Briegleb, vol. 4 (Munich, 1971), p. 455. f. 1. 269 x 209mm. Heinrich Heine, author: Poetry GERMAN: Poem 'Di...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXIX. Louis XVI: Decree to the Assemblée Législative; 1791 (see f. 1). French. ff. 2. 230 x 187mm. Louis XVI of France: Decree to the Assemblée Législative from Louis: 1791: Fr: Autogr.