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STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXVII. Giacomo Leopardi: poem headed 'XXXVIII. Dal greco di Simonide'; early 19th cent. Draft. Italian. See Tutti le Opere di Giacomo Leopardi, ed. Francesco Flora, 'Le Poesie e le Prose', vol. I (Milan, 1945), p. 135. ff. 2. 133 x 97mm. Giacomo Leopardi, poet: ...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXVIII. John Locke; Latin epitaph on Descartes; n.d. Fair copy. Accompanied by an engraving of Descartes by J. B. Grateloup after F. Hals. ff. 4. 271 x 212mm. overall. Epitaph (f. 4) 94 x 75mm; engraving (f. 2 pasted down) 103 x 72mm. includes: f. 2 Jean Baptis...
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.
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXX. Stéphane Mallarmé: sonnet 'La chevelure vol d'une flamme à l'extrême'; circa 1887. Fair copy. French. See S. Mallarmé, Oeuvres Complètes, ed. H. Mondor and G. Jean-Aubry (Paris, 1945), p. 53. f. 1. 230 x 187mm. Poetry FRENCH: Stéphane Mallarmé, poet: Sonnet...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXI. Marie Antoinette: letter, with seal, to Count Rosenberg; [1775]. French. ff. 2. 189 x 146mm. Louis XVI of France; Marie Antoinette: Count Rosenberg: Letter to Count — Rosenberg from Marie Antoinette: [1775]: Fr.
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. CLXXIII. Joachim Murat: letter as King of Naples; after Aug. 1808. French. ff. 2. 247 x 200mm. Joachim Murat of Naples and Sicily: Letter to — from JOACHIM MURAT: aft. Aug. 1808: Fr: Autogr.
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXIV. Benito Mussolini: article 'Responsibilità'; [1921]. Fair copy. Italian. ff. 4. 233 x 214mm. (f. 1); 232 x 149mm. (f. 2); 213 x 138mm. (f. 3); 221 x 186mm. (f. 4). Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator: Article 'Responsibilità' by Benito Mussolini: 1921: Ital:...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXV. Friedrich Nietzsche: treatise 'Die Geburt des tragischen Gedankens'; 1870 (see f. 1). Fair copy made for Cosima Wagner. German. Early version of Nietzsche's first major work The Birth of Tragedy. See F. Nietzsche, Werke, ed. A. Baeumler, vol. I (Leipzig, 1930...
STEFAN ZWEIG COLLECTION. Vol. CLXXVI. 'Novalis', [pseudonym of Friedrich von Hardenberg]: 'Die Erfüllung', the beginning of the unfinished second part of the novel 'Heinrich von Ofterdingen'; circa 1800. Draft. German. See Novalis, Schriften, ed. P. Kluckhohn and R. Samuel, vol. 1, 'Das dichteri...