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Adam, Paul
Author | Adam, Paul ![]() |
Title | L’escapade |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 12 pages 35,4 x 15,7 cm |
Acquired | 1911, Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 93 |
Ady, Endre
Author | Ady, Endre ![]() |
Title | Nagy lopások büne |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | Hungarian |
Physical Description | 2 pages 19,3 x 16,8 cm |
Acquired | "durch Herrn von Terey" ("through Herr von Terey") |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Alembert, Jean Le Rond d'
Author | Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' ![]() |
Title | Application de ma solution du problème des trois corps à l’orbite des Cometes |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 18 August 1759 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 95 pages 19,4 x 15,3 cm, boards |
Acquired | Noël Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() A-5.1* |
Alfieri, Vittorio
Author | Alfieri, Vittorio ![]() |
Title | Three poems |
Description | Autograph manuscript of the poems Oh Cameretta, che già in te chiudesti. È questo il nido, onde i sospir tuoi casti. Saveis i l’è mi ch’ son d’fer, o voi d’ pastia |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 2 pages 23,5 x 18,0 cm |
Acquired | 21 October 1926, Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin, through Heinrich Rosenberg, Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Altenberg, Peter
Author | Altenberg, Peter ![]() |
Title | Das neue Kleid |
Description | Autograph poem signed with autograph annotation: "Abgeschrieben für Karl Düllberg April 1902", together with Die ruhigen Stunden in an envelope inscribed and signed by the author |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 17,5 x 11,2 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Altenberg, Peter ![]() |
Title | Die ruhigen Stunden |
Description | Autograph poem signed with autograph annotation: "Abgeschrieben für Karl Düllberg April 1902", together with Das neue Kleid in an envelope inscribed and signed by the author |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 17,5 x 11,2 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Altenberg, Peter ![]() |
Title | Vae victis! |
Description | Autograph poem signed in an envelope inscribed and signed by the author |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 6 pages 17,5 x 11,2 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Altenberg, Peter ![]() |
Title | Wir wollen nicht kriechen |
Description | Autograph poem |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 6 pages 17,5 x 11,2 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Ampère, André-Marie
▼ Mr. Ampère a lu à l’académie deux mémoires relatifs à des questions importantes de la théorie de la lumière
Author | Ampère, André-Marie ![]() |
Title | Mr. Ampère a lu à l’académie deux mémoires relatifs à des questions importantes de la théorie de la lumière |
Description | Autograph draft of a petition to the Academy |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 4 pages 30,0 x 19,5 cm |
Acquired | 12 October 1929, stock catalogue 972, James Tregaskis (antiquarian bookseller), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() A-7.1 |
Andersen, Hans Christian
Author | Andersen, Hans Christian ![]() |
Title | Fest-Sang til Landsoldaten |
Description | Autograph poem signed, 1851 |
Language | Danish |
Physical Description | 2 pages 27,2 x 21,2 cm |
Acquired | 29 May 1940, Eisemann (antiquarian bookseller), London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 132 |
Author | Andersen, Hans Christian ![]() |
Title | Was ich liebe |
Description | Autograph translation of his poem Hvad jeg elsker signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 22,1 x 16,1 cm |
Acquired | 18 November 1909, Sale 95, C. G. Boerner (antiquarian bookseller), Leipzig |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Andrian-Werburg, Leopold von
Author | Andrian-Werburg, Leopold von ![]() |
Title | Garten der Erkenntnis |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 98 pages 22,1 x 19,7 cm, notebook |
Acquired | gift of Robert Michel, accompanied by a note by Stefan Zweig with information regarding the manuscript and requesting that it be returned to Michel on request |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 376 Zw |
Angelus Silesius
Author | Angelus Silesius ![]() |
Parties Involved | Schertzer, Johann Adam ![]() |
Title | Extra Ecclesiam non est salus, in quâ Deo servire regnare est |
Description | Autograph album leaf signed, 8 May 1674, with a polemical pamphlet by his former opponent, the theologian Johann Adam Schertzer, sewn to it two years later |
Language | Latin |
Physical Description | 1 page 11,9 x 16,6 cm |
Acquired | May 1925, Sale 104, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Aretino, Pietro
Author | Aretino, Pietro ![]() |
Title | Ciri[n]go frate |
Description | Autograph manuscript, including three letters to the antiquarian book seller Vincenzo Moretti regarding this manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 29 pages 31,0 x 21,5 cm, boards |
Acquired | Vincenzo Moretti, Bottega dei Libri, Rome |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Arndt, Ernst Moritz
Author | Arndt, Ernst Moritz ![]() |
Title | Two poems |
Description | Autograph poems Die Selbstvergötzung an X and Dem Profeßor K. A. Rudolphi zu seiner Vermälung die Studenten mit einem Fackelzug |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 20,8 x 17,5 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Arnim, Achim von
Author | Arnim, Achim von ![]() |
Title | Der Leuchtthurm |
Description | Autograph poem |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 22,7 x 18,7 cm |
Provenance | Gustav Könnecke |
Acquired | 22 February 1926, Sale 107, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Arnim, Bettina von
Author | Arnim, Bettina von ![]() |
Title | Petofy dem Sonnengotte |
Description | Autograph poem with authentication by Moriz Carriere at the upper edge |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 28,7 x 23,2 cm |
Acquired | 1921, auction, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Auernheimer, Raoul
Author | Auernheimer, Raoul ![]() |
Title | Die glücklichste Zeit |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 98 pages 21,6 x 17,3 cm, leather binding stored in a cardboard box (bound by E. A. Enders, Leipzig) |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 377 Zw |
Author | Auernheimer, Raoul ![]() |
Title | Die große Leidenschaft |
Description | Autograph manuscript. No further information available |
Language | German |
Acquired | gift of the author |
Current Location | unknown |
Augier, Emile
Author | Augier, Emile ![]() |
Title | À Rachel |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 26,0 x 20,5 cm |
Acquired | 1925, Victor Lemasle (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() A-22.1 |
Bab, Julius
Author | Bab, Julius ![]() |
Title | Adalbert Matkowski |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 53 pages 21,6 x 17,4 cm, vellum binding with ties |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 378 Zw |
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Composer | Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel ![]() |
Title | Ich hoff’ auf Gott, mit festem Muth |
Description | Song for voice with piano accompaniment, 1785 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 8 pages Quer-8° |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian ![]() |
Title | Der alte Drache brennt vor Neid |
Description | BWV 130, revised bass aria [no. 3] from the cantata Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir , orchestra part for viola, ca. 1730 (?) |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 35,7 x 22,2 cm |
Acquired | unknown (probably acquired together with the cantata Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir ) |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian ![]() |
Parties Involved | Meißner, Christian Gottlob ![]() |
Title | Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir |
Description | BWV 130, cantata, orchestra part for viola, musical manuscript by Christian Gottlob Meißner with corrections by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1724 |
Physical Description | 2 pages 35,7 x 21,3 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 2 |
Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian ![]() |
Parties Involved | Meißner, Christian Gottlob ![]() |
Title | Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist and Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend |
Description | BWV 631a and 632, choral preludes from the Orgelbüchlein . Johann Sebastian Bach's music copied by Christian Gottlob Meißner, ca. 1730, inscribed by Robert Schumann: "Handschrift von J. S. Bach. (Von Mendelssohn’s Frau geschenkt)" |
Physical Description | 2 pages 16,8 x 20,0 cm |
Acquired | 2 March 1932, from Robert Schumann's grandson Robert Sommerhof |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 3 |
Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian ![]() |
Title | Suite |
Description | BWV Anh. II 80, piano piece, ca. 1705 (?) |
Physical Description | 4 pages 33,0 x 19,5 cm |
Acquired | The autograph was not discovered until 1929, by Manfred Gorke, and must have been purchased by Stefan Zweig soon afterwards. |
Current Location | Stanford University, Memorial Library of Music, Stanford, CA![]() |
Composer | Bach, Johann Sebastian ![]() |
Title | Wo soll ich fliehen hin? |
Description | BWV 5, cantata for four-part choir, solo voices, and orchestra, 1724 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 12 pages 35,7 x 22,3 cm |
Provenance | Wilhelm Heyer |
Acquired | 29 September 1927, Sale 122, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 1 |
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann
Composer | Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann ![]() |
Title | Concerto in D-Dur für Flöte [und Streicher] |
Description | Flute part, attribution to Wilhelm Friedemann Bach unconfirmed, possibly written by Johann Gottlieb Graun or Carl Heinrich Graun, ca. 1740 (?). Inscribed by the previous owner, Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns: "Handschrift von Friedemann Bach, Sohn des großen Joh. Sebastian Bach. Ächtheit nach Vergleichung von authentischen Originale der Berliner Königl. Bibliothek von F. W. Jähns" |
Physical Description | 2 pages 33,0 x 20,5 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 4 |
Bahr, Hermann
Author | Bahr, Hermann ![]() |
Title | Der Isenheimer Altar |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 12 pages 23,1 x 14,9 cm |
Acquired | 1 May 1921, gift of Anna Bahr-Mildenburg |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Bailly, Jean Sylvain
Author | Bailly, Jean Sylvain ![]() |
Title | Extraits pour l’histoire indien |
Description | Fragment of an autograph manuscript, 1787 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 21 pages 19,7 x 15,5 cm |
Acquired | March 1931, David Salomon (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-9.1 |
Balzac, Honoré de
Author | Balzac, Honoré de ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to Jean Thomassy |
Description | 1823 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 19,1 x 14,7 cm |
Acquired | 14 May 1940, Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 134 |
Author | Balzac, Honoré de ![]() |
Title | La Messe de l’Athée |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed (one page in a different hand?) |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 15 pages 26,7 x 21,0 cm |
Acquired | 18 December 1909, through intermediation of Charavay (antiquarian booksellers), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-10.1 |
Author | Balzac, Honoré de ![]() |
Title | Monographie de la Presse Parisienne [Fragment I] |
Description | Fragment of a galley proof with numerous autograph insertions, annotations, and corrections |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 2 pages 23,1 x 16,0 cm |
Acquired | 29 January 1940, Eisemann (antiquarian bookseller), London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 135 |
Author | Balzac, Honoré de ![]() |
Title | Monographie de la Presse Parisienne [Fragment II] |
Description | Fragment of a galley proof with numerous autograph insertions, annotations, and corrections |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 2 pages 27,0 x 14,0 cm, framed |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 216 |
Author | Balzac, Honoré de ![]() |
Title | Monographie de la Presse Parisienne [Fragment III] |
Description | Fragment of a galley proof with numerous autograph insertions, annotations, and corrections |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 2 pages 27,0 x 21,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro![]() I-7, 7, 13 No. 5 |
Author | Balzac, Honoré de ![]() |
Title | Une ténébreuse affaire |
Description | Galley proof with numerous autograph insertions, annotations, and corrections. Title-page and chapter headings in a different hand, 1841 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 731 pages 26,3 x 23,0 cm, leather binding |
Acquired | 30 March 1914, Auguste Blaizot (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 133 |
Bang, Herman
Author | Bang, Herman ![]() |
Title | Tine |
Description | Autograph manuscript of a novel signed |
Language | Danish |
Physical Description | 145 pages 23,5 x 18,5 cm, wrappers |
Acquired | Henning Oppermann, Basel |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Banville, Thédore de
Author | Banville, Thédore de ![]() |
Title | L’Ange. L’Aveugle. |
Description | Two autograph poems signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,0 x 21,0 cm |
Acquired | April 1925, Noël Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-12.1* |
Barbey d’Aurevilly, Jules Amédée
Author | Barbey d’Aurevilly, Jules Amédée ![]() |
Title | Raccordez que nous en a-t-il dit? |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment signed "Junius" |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 3 pages 30,5 x 19,7 cm |
Acquired | 1912, auction, Noël Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-13.2 |
Barlaeus, Caspar
Author | Barlaeus, Caspar ![]() |
Title | Illustrissimus glorios[issimus] mem[oria] princeps Mauritius |
Description | Autograph manuscript of a eulogy for Maurice, Prince of Orange |
Language | Latin |
Physical Description | 2 pages 30,8 x 19,7 cm |
Acquired | 9 September 1927, through Erik von Scherling, Leiden |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Barrès, Maurice
Author | Barrès, Maurice ![]() |
Title | On demande au Parlement Trente millions. |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 5 pages 22,3 x 21,0 cm, assembled from smaller parts |
Acquired | 1911, Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-17.1 |
Bartsch, Rudolf Hans
Author | Bartsch, Rudolf Hans ![]() |
Title | Zwölf aus der Steiermark |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 231 pages 34,8 x 21,8 cm, vellum binding with ties |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VG 379 Zw |
Bataille, Henry
Author | Bataille, Henry ![]() |
Title | A Réjane (pour celebrer sa decoration) |
Description | Autograph poem signed, 30 January 1920 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 27,0 x 20,7 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-20.1 |
Baudelaire, Charles
Author | Baudelaire, Charles ![]() |
Title | Les sept vieillards. Les petites vieilles |
Description | Two autograph poems from Les fleurs du mal , with a handwritten annotation by Victor Hugo, the dedicatee, 1859 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 4 pages 20,8 x 13,3 cm |
Acquired | 23 August 1927, Noël Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 136 |
Author | Baudelaire, Charles ![]() |
Title | Notes des articles que je puis faire pour Mr. de Calonne |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1861 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 21 x 13,6 cm |
Acquired | 4 October 1912, Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-21.3 |
Bäuerle, Adolf
Author | Bäuerle, Adolf ![]() |
Title | Theaterkritik im Mond |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 6 pages 8° |
Acquired | September 1913, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | unknown |
Bauernfeld, Eduard von
Author | Bauernfeld, Eduard von ![]() |
Title | Der Zweifler. Lustspiel in I Act |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1827 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 64 pages 20,2 x 12,8 cm, notebook in cardboard folder |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Beardsley, Aubrey
Author | Beardsley, Aubrey ![]() |
Title | The Three Musicians |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 8 pages 12,9 x 20,4 cm |
Provenance | John Lane |
Acquired | 11 March 1929, stock catalogue 159, Frank Hollings Bookshop, London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Bechstein, Ludwig
Author | Bechstein, Ludwig ![]() |
Title | Eulenspiegel, blicke nieder |
Description | Autograph poem with caricature. No further information available |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 4° |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Becque, Henry
Author | Becque, Henry ![]() |
Title | Le Droit des Pauvres |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 7 pages 30,5 x 23,0 cm |
Acquired | 1 April 1914, auction, Hotel Drouot, Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-26.2 |
Beer-Hofmann, Richard
Author | Beer-Hofmann, Richard ![]() |
Title | Der junge David |
Description | Autograph manuscript, sketches for Scene VII, 1933 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 9 pages 27,8 x 22,6 cm |
Acquired | September 1933, gift of the author |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 380 Zw |
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Author | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Copies of five poems |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1815 (?), from Johann Gottfried von Herder's book Morgenländische Blumenlese and notes on observations of nature |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 33,8 x 21,3 cm |
Acquired | March 1931, Erich Carlsohn (antiquarian bookseller), Leipzig |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 15 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Ansuchen und Quittung |
Description | List of the collection for Beethoven's housekeepers, signed by the contributors (including the publishers Haslinger, Artaria, and Diabelli, the piano builder Conrad Graf, baron Johann Baptist von Pasqualati, the musicians Kreisler, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, and Carl Czerny, and Beethoven's friends Ferdinand Pieringer and Karl Holz), with the receipts of the beneficiaries Barbara Ripplin and Rosalie Sch... ("Sali"), 6 April 1827 and 8 May 1827 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 37,6 x 23,6 cm |
Acquired | 1940, Heinrich Eisemann (antiquarian bookseller), London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 213 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Beethoven on his deathbed |
Description | Drawing by Josef Danhauser (with parts of a lithographed landscape on verso) captioned: "Beethoven | Den 28ten März an seinem | Todtenbette gezeichnet zum | Zwecke einer Lithographie", copy of the 1827 original |
Physical Description | 1 Leaf 22,7 x 18,0 cm |
Provenance | Otto Strakosch |
Acquired | 19 June 1939, Sotheby's Auctions & Co., London, through Heinrich Eisemann (antiquarian bookseller), London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 30 |
Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Der Kuß („Ich war bey Chloen ganz allein“) |
Description | Op. 128, ariette with piano accompaniment, words by Christian Felix Weiße, 1822 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 30,8 x 34,8 cm, red full leather portfolio |
Acquired | 27 April 1928, Sale 132, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 10 |
Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Die Trommel gerühret |
Description | Op. 84 no. 1, sketch for Clärchen's first song from the music for the tragedy Egmont by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1809-1810. Inscribed in the margin in a different hand: "Dem Herrn Moritz Hauptman. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Handschrift." and an entry by Vincent d’Indy: "Egmont = Esquisses du premiere Lied du Clärchen: 'Die Trommel gerührt' (Provient de la collection Bovet) V. I." |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 23,0 x 29,2 cm |
Provenance | Vincent d’Indy |
Acquired | 20 January 1933, Andrieux (antiquarian bookseller), Paris, through Simon Kra (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 8 |
Author | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter (not signed) to Stephan von Breuning |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 25,7 x 39,5 cm, framed |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 208 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Einladung zu Ludwig van Beethoven’s Leichenbegängniss |
Description | Printed obituary, March 1827 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 14,5 x 20,5 cm, framed |
Acquired | 1940, Heinrich Eisemann (antiquarian bookseller), London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 211 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Cash box |
Description | Wood, polished black, with removable insert. Includes statement of provenance by Gerhard von Breuning |
Physical Description | 8 x 21 x 16 cm |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bonn![]() HCB V 9b |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | A lock of hair |
Description | Cut off by the singer Ludwig Cramolini on Beethoven's deathbed on 28 March 1827. With a letter of authenticity and a portrait photograph of Cramolini to the singer Theodor Wachtel, to whom he had presented the lock. |
Physical Description | |
Acquired | 15 July 1929, after the auction, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bonn![]() HCB V 10 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Portable writing desk |
Description | Hardwood, polished yellow, collapsible. Includes statement of provenance by Gerhard von Breuning |
Physical Description | 19,2 x 47 x 27 cm |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bonn![]() HCB V 9a |
Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Harmonie auf dem Theater |
Description | Op. 113 no. 5, piece for wind orchestra from the music for the play Die Ruinen von Athen by August von Kotzebue, 1811 |
Physical Description | 2 pages 22,4 x 28,0 cm |
Acquired | 20 May 1930, Sale 159, Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 9 |
Author | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Grocery list [I] |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 39,0 x 24,3 cm |
Acquired | 9 November 1932, Sale 63, Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 209 |
Author | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Grocery list [II] |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 39,4 x 24,7 cm, framed |
Acquired | 20 May 1931, Sale 61, Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 209 |
Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Kurz ist der Schmerz |
Description | WoO 166, round on an album leaf, 3 March 1815, words by Friedrich Schiller from Die Jungfrau von Orleans . Inscribed to Louis Spohr at the end: "Mögten sie doch lieber Spohr überall, wo sie wahre Kunst und wahre Künstler finden, gerne meiner gedenken ihres Freundes Ludwig van Beethoven", one correction inserted by Spohr under the last line of music |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 10,3 x 15,7 cm |
Acquired | May 1928, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 11 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Compass needle |
Description | Compass with statement of provenance by Gerhard von Breuning |
Physical Description | 6,8 x 6,8 cm |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bonn![]() HCB V 9c |
Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Parties Involved | Malfatti, Therese ![]() |
Title | Mignon („Kennst du das Land wo die Zitronen blüh’n“) |
Description | Op. 75 no. 1, first of the Sechs Gesänge , words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (1809?), all of the text and substantial parts of the music are written by Therese Malfatti. Corrections and autograph note by Beethoven: "Nb: Die Verschönerungen der Fraülein [!] Therese in diesem Lied hat der Autor gewag[t] an das Tageslicht zu befördern Beethowen" |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 7 pages 24,2 x 32,3 cm |
Acquired | unknown; possibly the autograph was owned by someone else and was merely procured by Stefan Zweig for the antiquarian bookseller Hinterberger |
Current Location | Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bonn![]() Mh 41 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Miniature [I] |
Description | Watercolour and gouache on ivory, showing an unidentified lady, supposedly countess Giulietta Guicciardi. Probably found in the drawer of Beethoven's writing desk |
Physical Description | 7,3 x 5,8 cm |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bonn![]() HCB V 9d |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Miniature [II] |
Description | Watercolour and gouache on ivory, showing an unidentified lady, formerly identified as countess Anna Maria Erdödy. Probably found in the drawer of Beethoven's writing desk |
Physical Description | 7,1 x 5,7 cm, in green leather slipcase |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bonn![]() HCB V 9e |
Author | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Notes and journal entries |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1792–1794 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 42 pages 15,5 x 9,4 cm, notebook bound in blue boards, stored in gilt-stamped leather case (bound by Bayntun, Bath) |
Acquired | 4 June 1929, Sotheby's Auctions & Co., London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 14 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Receipt |
Description | Quittung über die Beiträge zur Leichenbegängnies des Wohlgebohrnen berühmten Tondichters sellig Herrn Ludwig von Beethovens , written by the "bürgerlich-magistratischen Konducktsansager" Andreas Zeller, 31 March 1827 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 36,5 x 21,9 cm |
Acquired | 1940, Heinrich Eisemann (antiquarian bookseller), London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 212 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Writing desk |
Description | Polished walnut with bronze fittings. Includes statement of provenance by Gerhard von Breuning |
Physical Description | 110 x 142 x 78 cm |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Bonn![]() HCB V 9 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Silver cream ladle |
Description | With statement of provenance by Gerhard von Breuning (preserved at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn), presented by Stephan von Breuning to his son's piano teacher, Anton Heller, who had the words "L. von Beethoven, gestorben 26. März 1827" engraved on one side and his initials "A. H." on the other. Later bequeathed back to Gerhard von Breuning |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | unknown; last recorded in a list of Stefan Zweig: "Leider noch in Wien" ("Unfortunately still in Vienna") |
Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Sketchleaf of unidentified pieces and the piano sonata op. 110 |
Description | No further information available |
Physical Description | 2 pages |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Sketchbook containing three drawings of Beethoven on his deathbed |
Description | Drawings by Josef Eduard Teltscher, 1827 |
Physical Description | 2 leaves 18,1 x 22,0 cm, boards |
Acquired | 1931, from August Heymann |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 207 |
Person Affected | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Violin |
Description | With statement of provenance by Gerhard von Breuning (preserved at the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn). Reportedly a small Schwarzwald violin in a green lacquer wooden case, the instrument on which Beethoven learned to play. |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | unknown; last recorded in a list of Stefan Zweig: "Leider noch in Wien" ("Unfortunately still in Vienna") |
Author | Beethoven, Ludwig van ![]() |
Title | Laundry list |
Description | Autograph manuscript, captioned on verso by Anton Schindler: "Der letzte Wäschzettel von Beethoven" |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 26,0 x 20,7 cm, framed |
Acquired | 1929, from the von Breuning family, Vienna, through Heinrich Hinterberger, Vienna |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 210 |
Bellini, Vincenzo
Composer | Bellini, Vincenzo ![]() |
Title | O contento desiato ... O bel giorno desiato |
Description | Sketch for an aria of Filippo from the opera Bianca e Fernando |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,0 x 27,0 cm |
Acquired | July 1938, Francesco Torrini (antiquarian bookseller), Milan |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 16 |
Bellman, Carl Michael
Author | Bellman, Carl Michael ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient |
Description | 15 March 1786 |
Language | Swedish |
Physical Description | 8 pages 33,6 x 21,0 cm |
Acquired | 21 October 1926, Sale 48, Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin, through Heinrich Rosenberg, Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Bennett, Arnold
Author | Bennett, Arnold ![]() |
Title | Books and Persons |
Description | Autograph draft of a review of books for the Evening Standard of 23 February 1928, including the book Conflicts by Stefan Zweig |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 2 pages 26,0 x 20,0 cm |
Acquired | 1939, gift of the publisher Charles Archibald Stonehill |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 137 |
Béranger, Pierre Jean de
Author | Béranger, Pierre Jean de ![]() |
Title | Chansons du cahier de 1834 à 1838 |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, accompanied by two leaves of corrections and notes |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 76 pages 20,0 x 16,5 cm, sewn |
Provenance | Fatio collection |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-35.1* |
Bierbaum, Otto Julius
Author | Bierbaum, Otto Julius ![]() |
Title | Im Schlosse Mirabel |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 36,0 x 22,4 cm |
Acquired | 28 August 1911, C. G. Boerner (antiquarian bookseller), Leipzig |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Bierbaum, Otto Julius ![]() |
Title | Lied aus Bethlehem |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 30,5 x 13,5 cm |
Acquired | received from the editors of Zeit |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Binding, Rudolf G.
Author | Binding, Rudolf G. ![]() |
Title | Die Vogelscheuche |
Description | Autograph manuscript of the novella signed twice, 28-30 June 1910 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 12 pages 33,0 x 20,9 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Binding, Rudolf G. ![]() |
Title | War aus Sonnenglanz und Märchenduft ein zartes Wesen |
Description | Autograph poem signed, 31 July 1910 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 7,3 x 19,7 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Bizet, Georges
Author | Bizet, Georges ![]() |
Title | Causerie Musicale |
Description | Autograph essay manuscript, signed with the anagram "Gaston de Betzi", 1867 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 12 pages 30,9 x 21,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-49.2 |
Composer | Bizet, Georges ![]() |
Title | Causerie sentimentale No 5 |
Description | Piano piece in B flat minor |
Physical Description | 1 page 34,7 x 26,9 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne
Author | Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne ![]() |
Title | Der går et stille tog |
Description | Autograph poem |
Language | Norwegian |
Physical Description | 2 pages 17,5 x 22,5 cm |
Acquired | December 1926, catalogue 264, J. A. Stargardt (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne ![]() |
Title | Krigsmoralen ag Fredsmoralen |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | Norwegian |
Physical Description | 4 pages 13,6 x 21,2 cm |
Provenance | Hans Meyer |
Acquired | 1933, catalogue 31, Hellmut Meyer & Ernst (antiquarian booksellers), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Blake, William
Author | Blake, William ![]() |
Title | King John |
Description | Pencil drawing, captioned "King John" at bottom right |
Physical Description | 1 Leaf 25,4 x 19,9 cm |
Acquired | 1906, from Archibald G. B. Russell, London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Blake, William ![]() |
Title | The Complaint of Job / Standing Figure |
Description | Pen-and-ink drawing: preliminary study for Blake's illustrations of the Book of Job, on verso a pencil drawing of a standing figure, ca. 1785 |
Physical Description | 1 Leaf 32,5 x 46,0 cm |
Acquired | December 1928, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Private collection, USA![]() |
Blanc, Louis
Author | Blanc, Louis ![]() |
Title | A Victor Hugo |
Description | Autograph manuscript of an open letter signed, 1871 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 15 pages 20,9 x 13,4 cm, assembled from smaller pieces |
Acquired | 1931, David Salomon (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-52.1 |
Blum, Robert
Author | Blum, Robert ![]() |
Title | Bilder aus Schillers Werken |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, 11 November 1843 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 14 pages 22,1 x 17,7 cm, sewn |
Acquired | 1913, Richard Bertling (antiquarian bookseller), Dresden |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Blumauer, Alois
Author | Blumauer, Alois ![]() |
Title | Der Alchimist |
Description | Autograph poem, originally accompanied by a letter card with autograph signature |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 18,5 x 11,5 cm |
Acquired | June 1912, Sale X, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Private collection, Germany![]() |
Author | Blumauer, Alois ![]() |
Title | Die Försterin des Nachts, wo er Sich nun im Schnippen übte ... |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment from his Aeneid travesty |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 12 pages 19,5 x 12,1 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Boccherini, Luigi
Composer | Boccherini, Luigi ![]() |
Title | Catalogo delle opere de me Luigi Boccherini cedute in tutta Proprietá al Sigr. Ignazio Pleyel |
Description | Autograph manuscript of a thematic oeuvre catalogue signed twice, 14 November 1796. Annotations by a notary and several stamps on the fourth page |
Physical Description | 4 pages 31,0 x 21,8 cm |
Provenance | Speyer collection |
Acquired | 1934 or 1935 |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 18 |
Bode, Wilhelm von
Author | Bode, Wilhelm von ![]() |
Title | Zum 400jährigen Todestag Peter Vischers des Ältern |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 7 pages 19,5 x 14,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 94 |
Bodenstedt, Friedrich
Author | Bodenstedt, Friedrich ![]() |
Title | CVIII Was kann das Hirn durch Dinte offenbaren |
Description | Autograph poem, lacking a signed slip of paper formerly mounted underneath |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 22,0 x 14,5 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Private collection, Germany![]() |
Author | Bodenstedt, Friedrich ![]() |
Title | Die Waise |
Description | Autograph poem, stamped "F. V BODENSTEDT" at bottom and on reverse |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,2 x 17,3 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Private collection, Germany![]() |
Author | Bodenstedt, Friedrich ![]() |
Title | Wenn das Glück |
Description | Autograph poem with author's name written on a mounted slip of paper clipped from an envelope, stamped "BODENSTEDT" at bottom and on reverse |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 16,8 x 11,7 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Private collection, Germany![]() |
Bojer, Johan
Author | Bojer, Johan ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient |
Description | Harpefoss, 1 December 1913 |
Language | Norwegian |
Physical Description | 3 pages 20,0 x 14,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 95 |
Author | Bojer, Johan ![]() |
Title | Troens magt („Die Macht der Lüge“) |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1910 |
Language | Norwegian |
Physical Description | 93 pages 29,1 x 22,9 cm, vellum binding with ties |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 381 Zw |
Borchardt, Rudolf
Author | Borchardt, Rudolf ![]() |
Title | Aus dem deutschen Dante. Francesca (Inf V 69–136) |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment of a Dante translation signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 3 pages |
Acquired | 22 February 1926, Sale 107, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Börne, Ludwig
Author | Börne, Ludwig ![]() |
Title | Erster Brief aus Paris |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment, 5 December 1834. No further information available |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Author | Börne, Ludwig ![]() |
Title | Gedanken über die Rechtmäßigkeit des sechsten Zinsthalers in Deutschland |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 3 pages 34,4 x 20,4 cm |
Acquired | 1930, Joseph Baer & Co. (antiquarian booksellers), Frankfurt am Main |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Börne, Ludwig ![]() |
Title | Quotation |
Description | No further information available |
Language | German |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Bossuet, Jaques Bénigne
Author | Bossuet, Jaques Bénigne ![]() |
Title | Fragment of a sermon |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 2 pages 20,4 x 15,4 cm |
Provenance | Ott-Usteri collection |
Acquired | 23 January 1914, C. G. Boerner (antiquarian bookseller), Leipzig |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-71.1 |
Bourget, Paul
Author | Bourget, Paul ![]() |
Title | Corfou |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, 4 March 1888 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 5 pages 25,2 x 20,1 cm |
Acquired | 1 April 1914, auction, Hotel Drouot, Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() B-72.1 |
Brahms, Johannes
Composer | Brahms, Johannes ![]() |
Title | Ans Auge des Liebsten |
Description | Op. 113 no. 9, round, on an album leaf, words by Friedrich Rückert, 1873 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 15,5 x 24,2 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 21 |
Composer | Brahms, Johannes ![]() |
Title | Zigeunerlieder |
Description | Op. 103, eleven songs for four voices and piano accompaniment, 1888 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 22 pages 23,8 x 33,2 cm |
Acquired | April 1927, through Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 20 |
Brandes, Georg
Author | Brandes, Georg ![]() |
Title | Essay on Henrik Ibsen's play Wenn wir Toten erwachen |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 20 pages 21,4 x 17,7 cm |
Acquired | June 1922, auction, Dorotheum, Vienna |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Braun, Felix
Author | Braun, Felix ![]() |
Title | Das Schicksal des Fräuleins von Lassberg |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1909 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 48 pages 19,2 x 11,8 cm, notebook |
Acquired | gift of the author |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 382 Zw |
Author | Braun, Felix ![]() |
Title | Durch blaues Glas |
Description | Typescript with autograph addendum signed, 4 December 1924 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 33,6 x 20,9 cm |
Acquired | 4 December 1924, gift of the author |
Current Location | Reed Library – Stefan Zweig Collection, Fredonia![]() |
Author | Braun, Felix ![]() |
Title | Tantalos |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 144 pages 34,6 x 21,8 cm, cloth binding |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VG 383 Zw |
Brentano, Clemens
Author | Brentano, Clemens ![]() |
Title | Abendgebet am Hügel |
Description | Autograph poem signed, 28 March 1814 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 6 pages 18,0 x 11,0 cm |
Provenance | Gustav Könnecke |
Acquired | 22 February 1926, Sale 107, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Brentano, Clemens ![]() |
Title | Am St. Nicolaustag 1826 |
Description | Autograph poem signed, 6 December 1826, pasted to the flyleaf of the third edition of the Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1797 , edited by Friedrich Schiller |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 9,6 x 7,9 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Brentano, Clemens ![]() |
Title | Aprill . Wer unbewegt steht in Freud und Leid. Gott ist nicht jeder nah |
Description | Three autograph poems. No further information available |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 8° |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Březina, Otokar
Author | Březina, Otokar ![]() |
Title | Odpovědi |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | Czech |
Physical Description | 1 page 28,2 x 11,8 cm |
Acquired | 1909, received through Emil Saudek |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Brjusov, Valerij
Author | Brjusov, Valerij ![]() |
Title | Letzte Seiten aus dem Tagebuch einer Frau |
Description | Autograph manuscript inscribed and signed, 1910 |
Language | Russian, German |
Physical Description | 54 pages 35,7 x 21,9 cm, half leather binding (bound by E. A. Enders, Leipzig) |
Acquired | 16 May 1912, gift of the author |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Brod, Max
Author | Brod, Max ![]() |
Title | Das Tschechische Dienstmädchen |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1907 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 76 pages 21,0 x 17,0 cm, vellum binding with ties |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 384 Zw |
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Author | Browning, Elizabeth Barrett ![]() |
Title | Love |
Description | Autograph poem |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 1 page 13,4 x 11,7 cm |
Acquired | February 1914, Goodspeed’s Bookshop, Boston |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Bruckner, Anton
Composer | Bruckner, Anton ![]() |
Title | Vorbereitung der 6/4 Accorde |
Description | Autograph manuscript of an exercise in harmonics |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 8 pages 26,0 x 33,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Brunetti, Gaetano
Composer | Brunetti, Gaetano ![]() |
Title | Il Maniatico |
Description | Sinfonia a Violini, Oboes, Corni, Viola, Fagotto, Violoncello obligato e Basso , 1780. No further information available |
Physical Description | 51 pages |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Bruun, Laurids
Author | Bruun, Laurids ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to an unidentified lady |
Description | 21 August 1904 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 21,0 x 14,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 96 |
Buber, Martin
Author | Buber, Martin ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to an unidentified lady |
Description | Zehlendorf, 14 January 1911 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 29,0 x 21,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 97 |
Büchner, Georg
Author | Büchner, Georg ![]() |
Title | Leonce und Lena |
Description | Autograph manuscript, drafts for Act I, Scene 1 and Act II, Scene 1 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 10 pages 21,5 x 16,5 cm, sewn |
Acquired | received from Anton Kippenberg in exchange for a leaf from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Labores juveniles |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Bugenhagen, Johannes
Author | Bugenhagen, Johannes ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Title | Friendship album of the Wittenberg student Nicolaus Reinhold |
Description | So-called "Reformatoren-Gedenkbuch" with autograph entries and signatures of Johannes Bugenhagen, Caspar Cruciger, Johannes Göbel, Georg Helt, Martin Luther, Georg Maior, Philipp Melanchthon, Hieronymus Noppus, Leonhard Reiff, Paul von Rode, Georg Rörer, 1542. A two-page letter from Philipp Melanchthon to Theodor Fabricius, superintendent in Zerbst, dated 20 March 1554, was bound in later. |
Language | German, Latin |
Physical Description | 10 pages 35,3 x 23,8 cm, original paper binding within 19th century cloth binding with library label "ZM 25" and a prefixed table of contents bearing the stamp of the Wernigerode library |
Provenance | Library of the Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode |
Acquired | March 1931, J. Halle (antiquarian bookseller), Munich |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 200 |
Bürger, Gottfried August
Author | Bürger, Gottfried August ![]() |
Title | Beichte Eines Mannes, der ein edles Mädchen nicht hintergehen will |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 8 pages 33,8 x 21,2 cm |
Acquired | 2 October 1921, Sale 18, Hellmut Meyer & Ernst (antiquarian booksellers), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Bürger, Gottfried August ![]() |
Title | Das hohe Lied von der Einzigen |
Description | Autograph poem fragment |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 8 pages 23,0 x 9,5 cm, sewn |
Acquired | November 1909, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Burns, Robert
Author | Burns, Robert ![]() |
Title | Friend o’ the Poet |
Description | Autograph New Year's poem signed twice, for John Michell, 31 December 1795 |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 2 pages 22,1 x 18,5 cm |
Acquired | 15 December 1930, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Busoni, Ferruccio
Composer | Busoni, Ferruccio ![]() |
Title | Indianisches Erntelied |
Description | Piano piece with autograph dedication: "Diese Skizze wurde eigens niedergeschrieben für Herrn Stephan [!] Zweig zur Erinnerung an Amerika und an Ferruccio Busoni", 12 April 1911 |
Physical Description | 3 pages 35,7 x 27,1 cm |
Acquired | 12 April 1911, gift of the composer |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 25 |
Byron, George Lord
Author | Byron, George Lord ![]() |
Title | Note to the lines where Capel Lofft is mentioned |
Description | Autograph manuscript with authentication, notes for Hints from Horace |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 4 pages 20,7 x 16,5 cm |
Acquired | 30 April 1914, Sotheby's Auctions, London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 138 |
Carducci, Giosuè
Author | Carducci, Giosuè ![]() |
Title | Pel regno d’Italia, Canzone |
Description | Autograph poem signed, 19 June 1861 |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 2 pages 20,5 x 13,4 cm |
Acquired | 21 October 1926, Sale 48, Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin, through Heinrich Rosenberg, Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Carlyle, Thomas
Author | Carlyle, Thomas ![]() |
Title | History of Friedrich II |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment Lowest footing of the indispensable – and discharged a whole regiment of superfluous official persons |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 2 pages 19,9 x 15,9 cm |
Acquired | 8 March 1929, Sale 53, Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Carnot, Lazare
Author | Carnot, Lazare ![]() |
Title | Notes sur la cosmographie et la géographie |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 8 pages 22,5 x 17,3 cm |
Acquired | 1 August 1930, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-8.1 |
Carossa, Hans
Author | Carossa, Hans ![]() |
Title | An die Natur |
Description | Autograph poem |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 3 pages 36,5 x 22,7 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Carossa, Hans ![]() |
Title | Ein Stern singt |
Description | Autograph poem inscribed and signed, 20 January 1924 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,7 x 35,0 cm |
Acquired | January 1924, gift of the author |
Current Location | Reed Library – Stefan Zweig Collection, Fredonia![]() |
Author | Carossa, Hans ![]() |
Title | Gang durch das Nebelmoor |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, in paper envelope bearing title and signature |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 12 pages 21,4 x 16,8 cm |
Acquired | 28 November 1931, gift of the author on the occasion of Zweig's 50th birthday |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 385 Zw |
Author | Carossa, Hans ![]() |
Title | Landschaft |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 24,0 x 23,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Carossa, Hans ![]() |
Title | Lebenstag |
Description | Autograph poem inscribed and signed, 23 October 1937 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 32,7 x 22,5 cm |
Acquired | October 1937, gift of the author |
Current Location | Reed Library – Stefan Zweig Collection, Fredonia![]() |
Author | Carossa, Hans ![]() |
Title | Via Appia |
Description | Autograph poem signed, inscribed to Friderike Zweig and Stefan Zweig, 6 March 1933 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 29,4 x 22,0 cm |
Acquired | March 1933, gift of the author |
Current Location | Reed Library – Stefan Zweig Collection, Fredonia![]() |
Casanova, Giacomo
Author | Casanova, Giacomo ![]() |
Title | Come chi sta per veder qualche festa |
Description | Autograph poem, several numbers annotated to verso (in a different hand?) |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 1 page 15,0 x 14,0 cm |
Provenance | Pawel-Rammingen collection |
Acquired | 12 January 1929, Sale 146, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Casanova, Giacomo ![]() |
Title | Dialogue entre Venus et Cupidon |
Description | Autograph (?) poem. Accompanied by a letter from Günther Mecklenburg (Antiquariat J. A. Stargardt, Marburg/Berlin) to Fondation Martin Bodmer, dated 14 January 1954, according to which this manuscript is not in Casanova's own hand. |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 19,9 x 18,0 cm |
Provenance | Elisa von der Recke |
Acquired | 1 August 1930, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() NN |
Author | Casanova, Giacomo ![]() |
Title | Three poems based on pre-determined rhyme words |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, to Mademoiselle Mina, Mademoiselle Lisette, and a Russian general: Riant de tout ton cœur aimable petite – Ours. Le bonheur de vos jours depend du – sentiment. J’ai su tout à la fin. J’ai fini d’etre – tendre |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 3 pages 22,7 x 18,6 cm |
Acquired | March 1923, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-10.2 |
Castelli, Ignaz Franz
Author | Castelli, Ignaz Franz ![]() |
Title | Aussicht auf bessere Tage |
Description | Autograph manuscript. No further information available |
Language | German |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Chamfort, Sébastien Roch Nicolas
Author | Chamfort, Sébastien Roch Nicolas ![]() |
Title | Le héros Econome. Conte. |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 4 pages 23,0 x 18,7 cm |
Acquired | 21 February 1910, auction, through Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-13.1 |
Chamisso, Adelbert von
Author | Chamisso, Adelbert von ![]() |
Title | Heimweh |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 21,6 x 13,4 cm |
Acquired | 12 November 1906, Sale 85, C. G. Boerner (antiquarian bookseller), Leipzig |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Chénier, André
Author | Chénier, André ![]() |
Title | Mais quels éclats, amis? |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment of the elegy Camille |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 20,0 x 7,6 cm |
Acquired | 13 May 1939, catalogue 22, Pierre Berès (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-17.1 |
Chénier, Marie Joseph Blaise de
Author | Chénier, Marie Joseph Blaise de ![]() |
Title | L’eveque saint crut qu’il voyait le diable |
Description | Autograph poem fragment |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 19,3 x 14,0 cm |
Acquired | 12 July 1929, stock catalogue 220, Victor Lemasle (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-18.1 |
Cherubini, Luigi
Composer | Cherubini, Luigi ![]() |
Title | Solfège pour le concours de Prix 1839 mois de juillet |
Description | 1839 |
Physical Description | 3 pages Quer-4° |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown; last recorded: sold by Heinrich Hinterberger to Prince Torre e Tasso (Duino) in April 1936 |
Chopin, Frédéric
Composer | Chopin, Frédéric ![]() |
Title | Barcarolle pour le piano |
Description | Op. 60, piano piece in F sharp major, 1846 |
Physical Description | 7 pages 21,9 x 28,4 cm |
Acquired | 2 March 1932, from Robert Sommerhof, grandson of Robert Schumann |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 27 |
Composer | Chopin, Frédéric ![]() |
Title | Beginning of the Grande fantaisie |
Description | Op. 13, autograph fragment, piece in A major for piano and orchestra, with two authentications by Adam Münchheimer |
Physical Description | 4 pages 26,0 x 33,0 cm |
Provenance | Wilhelm Heyer |
Acquired | probably 29 September 1927, joint auction, Karl Ernst Henrici and Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian booksellers), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Composer | Chopin, Frédéric ![]() |
Title | Mazurka |
Description | Op. 59 no. 3, piano piece in F sharp minor, 1845. Includes an autograph letter signed from Hans von Bülow to C. Kerfack concerning the presentation of the autograph, 2 November 1864. |
Physical Description | 3 pages 21,9 x 28,5 cm |
Provenance | Wilhelm Heyer |
Acquired | 1926 or 1927 |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 26 |
Cimarosa, Domenico
Composer | Cimarosa, Domenico ![]() |
Title | Fragment of a piece in D major for two or three voices |
Description | Authenticated by Cimarosa's son Paolo Cimarosa |
Physical Description | 2 pages 23,2 x 30,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 29 |
Composer | Cimarosa, Domenico ![]() |
Title | Giovinotti mentre in volto aus Candida |
Description | Rondo for soprano and strings, authenticated by Cimarosa's son Paolo Cimarosa |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 7 pages 22,0 x 29,8 cm |
Provenance | Wilhelm Heyer |
Acquired | 7 December 1926, joint auction of Karl Ernst Henrici and Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian booksellers), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 28 |
Claretie, Jules
Author | Claretie, Jules ![]() |
Title | Obituary: N. Diaz 1808–1876 |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 6 pages 18,0 x 23,5 cm |
Acquired | March 1927, Cornuau (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 98 |
Claudel, Paul
Author | Claudel, Paul ![]() |
Title | Idées sur la mise en scène de la ’Verkündigung’ pour M. Max Reinhardt |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed and drawings for stage designs |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 3 pages 26,0 x 20,0 cm |
Acquired | received from Jacob Hegner |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 117 |
Author | Claudel, Paul ![]() |
Title | L’annonce faite à Marie |
Description | Autograph copy with corrections, inscribed and signed, 1911 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 156 pages 30,0 x 24,0 cm, leather binding (bound by E. A. Enders, Leipzig) |
Acquired | 26 February 1913, gift of the author |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 139 |
Author | Claudel, Paul ![]() |
Title | Afterword to L’annonce faite à Marie |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 3 pages |
Acquired | received from Jacob Hegner |
Current Location | unknown |
Claudius, Matthias
Author | Claudius, Matthias ![]() |
Title | Ihr Leute, groß und klein |
Description | Autograph poem written to the melody of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's song Das Veilchen , which was also in Zweig's collection |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 19,5 x 16,0 cm |
Acquired | 9 May 1923, Sale 83, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Clemenceau, Georges
Author | Clemenceau, Georges ![]() |
Title | Labeurs de civilisation |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, 1897 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 7 pages 25,7 x 18,7 cm, assembled from 19 pieces |
Acquired | 13 April 1929, Victor Degrange (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-26.1 |
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Author | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor ![]() |
Title | Description of the Sun setting in a mountainous Country |
Description | Three autograph poems Upon the mountain’s edge with light touch resting. O what a wonder seems the Fear of Death. Resembles Life what once was held of Light, Too simple in itself for human sight? , accompanied by a postscript to a letter to William Worship, 22 April 1819 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 3 pages 21,9 x 18,3 cm |
Acquired | unknown; provenance from Zweig collection unconfirmed, acquired by Martin Bodmer from Hinterberger in 1938, together with other items |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Condorcet, Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat de
Author | Condorcet, Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat de ![]() |
Title | Une assemblée nombreuse de représentans du peuple |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 23 pages 20,4 x 16,2 cm |
Acquired | 8 June 1929, auction, Noël Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-30.1 |
Consience, Hendrik
Author | Consience, Hendrik ![]() |
Title | Dichterwee |
Description | Autograph poem signed, Flemish, 1875 |
Language | Dutch |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,2 x 13,6 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Coppée, François
Author | Coppée, François ![]() |
Title | L’Académie Goncourt. |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 41,0 x 17,8 cm, assembled from 12 pieces |
Acquired | 1911, Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-34.1 |
Cornelius, Peter
Author | Cornelius, Peter ![]() |
Title | An Liszt – mit Schneeglocken |
Description | Autograph poem signed on the occasion of sending snowdrops to Franz Liszt, 28 March 1853 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 22,0 x 14,0 cm |
Provenance | Caroline Sayn-Wittgenstein, Weimar |
Acquired | June 1925, V. A. Heck (antiquarian bookseller), Vienna |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Croce, Benedetto
Author | Croce, Benedetto ![]() |
Title | Sulla poesia del Petrarca |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, September 1929 |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 23 pages 22,7 x 16,2 cm, sewn |
Acquired | unknown; possibly gift of the author |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Cuvier, Georges
Author | Cuvier, Georges ![]() |
Title | La plante a son hymen |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 2 pages 18,0 x 22,8 cm |
Acquired | September 1927, catalogue 31, David Salomon (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Dach, Simon
Author | Dach, Simon ![]() |
Title | Ultima semper |
Description | Autograph album leaf signed for Michael Clüver, 14 August 1642 |
Language | Latin |
Physical Description | 1 page 7,5 x 11,4 cm |
Acquired | 30 September 1926, Sale 112, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Darwin, Charles
Author | Darwin, Charles ![]() |
Title | Insectivorous Plants |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment, 1875 |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 2 pages 20,0 x 16,5 cm, upper half of a sheet |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 141 |
Author | Darwin, Charles ![]() |
Title | The Descent of Man |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 1 page 32,9 x 20,4 cm |
Acquired | 13 July 1931, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Debussy, Claude
Composer | Debussy, Claude ![]() |
Title | Fantaisie |
Description | Music for piano and reduction of the orchestral accompaniment for second piano, 1889–1890 |
Physical Description | 35 pages 35,0 x 26,5 cm |
Provenance | René Cheusard |
Acquired | May 1939, Pierre Berès (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 31 |
Composer | Debussy, Claude ![]() |
Title | Les Baisers |
Description | Lied with words by Théodore de Banville and autograph dedication: "Les Baisers poèsies de Th. Banville. Musique de tojours du même à Madame Vanier, La dernière Melodie que je pourrais bien faire, L’auteur Claude Debussy". According to a letter from Heinrich Hinterberger to Stefan Zweig, the manuscript may not be in Debussy's own hand. |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 4 pages |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
De Coster, Charles
Author | De Coster, Charles ![]() |
Title | Dépit |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,6 x 16,9 cm |
Acquired | from Anton Kippenberg in exchange for Heinrich Heine's poem "An Ihn" |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() C-37.1 |
Dehmel, Richard
Author | Dehmel, Richard ![]() |
Title | Aus banger Brust |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 30,5 x 16,9 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Dehmel, Richard ![]() |
Title | Immer wieder |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,0 x 16,4 cm |
Acquired | June 1912, Sale X, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Delibes, Léo
Composer | Delibes, Léo ![]() |
Title | J’ai marché sous les hautes fougères |
Description | Duet, Scene 18 from the opera Lakmé , 25 August 1883 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 7 pages 26,8 x 35,1 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 32 |
De Quincey, Thomas
Author | De Quincey, Thomas ![]() |
Title | Confessions of an English Opium Eater |
Description | Fragment of a galley proof with autograph corrections |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 1 page 26,3 x 14,3 cm |
Acquired | 1912, Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline
Author | Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline ![]() |
Title | La vie | Pensée orientale |
Description | Autograph poem signed, February 1848 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 3 pages 20,3 x 13,0 cm |
Acquired | August 1913, Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() D-12.2 |
Desforges-Maillard, Paul
Author | Desforges-Maillard, Paul ![]() |
Title | Remercîments à Messieurs de la Société Royal des Sciences, et Belles Lettres de Nancy |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 3 pages 22,0 x 16,7 cm |
Acquired | June 1928, Sotheby's Auctions, London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() D-15.1 |
Desmoulins, Camille
Author | Desmoulins, Camille ![]() |
Title | Fragment of a speech for the defence |
Description | Autograph manuscript, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 2 pages 22,4 x 18,7 cm |
Acquired | 12 March 1929, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() D-16.1 |
Desportes, Philippe
Author | Desportes, Philippe ![]() |
Title | Maximes rimés, sentences, épigrammes, aphorismes |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed several times with addenda in a different hand |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 10 pages 19,0 x 13,8 cm |
Acquired | 1938 re-acquired from Heinrich Hinterberger (antiquarian bookseller), Vienna |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 142 |
Deubel, Léon
Author | Deubel, Léon ![]() |
Title | Poèmes choisies, Poèsies, L’Arbre et la rose, Les amours |
Description | Four autograph collections of poetry (the last comprising only title and on verso four verses, stricken out), signed several times, 1909, accompanied by a relevant letter from Léon Chatotan to an unidentified gentleman, dated 29 November 1929 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 62 pages 22,4 x 18,1 cm |
Acquired | received from Henri Guilbeaux |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() D-17.1 |
Dickens, Charles
Author | Dickens, Charles ![]() |
Title | David Copperfield |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages |
Acquired | 1930, Christie’s Auctions, London, or Sotheby's Auctions, London |
Current Location | unknown |
Diderot, Denis
Author | Diderot, Denis ![]() |
Title | A Madame la Comtesse de Forbach. Par M. Diderot. Sur l’Education. |
Description | Autograph epistolary manuscript |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 4 pages 19,7 x 15,5 cm |
Acquired | auction, Jacques & Etienne Charavay (antiquarian booksellers), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() D-20.1 |
Dierx, Léon
Author | Dierx, Léon ![]() |
Title | La femme du chef |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 11 pages 26,7 x 19,7 cm |
Acquired | 23 October 1925, Victor Lemasle (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() D-21.1 |
Dilke, Charles Wentworth
Author | Dilke, Charles Wentworth ![]() |
Title | The Queen of England |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 10 pages 32,0 x 20,5 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 99 |
Disraeli, Benjamin
Author | Disraeli, Benjamin ![]() |
Title | Eden & Lebanon |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 8 pages 22,7 x 18,5 cm |
Acquired | 8 June 1930, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Döblin, Alfred
Author | Döblin, Alfred ![]() |
Title | Mit dem Blick zur Latinität |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment signed, 1930 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 14 pages 21,4 x 16,5 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 100 |
Donizetti, Gaetano
Composer | Donizetti, Gaetano ![]() |
Title | 6. Notturni a più Istromenti Ob.ti |
Description | Autograph score in E flat major, F minor, A flat major, and F major, signed, 1821 |
Physical Description | 63 pages 24,0 x 32,6 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Composer | Donizetti, Gaetano ![]() |
Title | Fragment of a movement for string quartet |
Description | ca. 1820–1825 |
Physical Description | 4 pages 23,1 x 29,1 cm |
Acquired | July 1938, Francesco Torrini (antiquarian bookseller), Milan |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 33 |
Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch
Author | Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch ![]() |
Title | Die Erniedrigten und die Beleidigten |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment, 1861 |
Language | Russian |
Physical Description | 9 pages 29,0 x 23,2 cm |
Acquired | 13 September 1912, following intermediation by Martin Breslauer (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 143 |
Drachmann, Holger
Author | Drachmann, Holger ![]() |
Title | Flygter Du, trat, til en Erken og vil Du dit Liv der begrote |
Description | Autograph poem signed, March 1879 |
Language | Danish |
Physical Description | 1 page 20,8 x 13,6 cm |
Acquired | 1906, C. G. Boerner (antiquarian bookseller), Leipzig |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von
Author | Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von ![]() |
Title | Der sterbende General. Mondesaufgang. Gemüth. Sylvesterabend |
Description | Autograph manuscript of four poems |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 22,0 x 13,4 cm |
Acquired | 1924, through the intermediation of Fritz Adolf Hünich |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Ducis, Jean-François
Author | Ducis, Jean-François ![]() |
Title | Épitre à Gérard |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 20 pages 26,7 x 19,3 cm, half leather binding |
Provenance | Marquis de Queux de St. Hilaire |
Acquired | 21 October 1926, Sale 48, Leo Liepmannssohn (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() D-49.1* |
Duhamel, Georges
Author | Duhamel, Georges ![]() |
Title | Le dernier voyage de Candide |
Description | Autograph manuscript, inscribed, 1936 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 4 pages 30,3 x 20,0 cm |
Acquired | 21 October 1936, gift of the author |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 144 |
Dumas, Alexandre
Author | Dumas, Alexandre ![]() |
Title | Les Bourbons de Naples. Règne de Ferdinand 1er |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, versos stamped "Stephan [!] Zweig" |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 13 pages 22,0 x 18,5 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() D-51.2 |
D’Annunzio, Gabriele
Author | D’Annunzio, Gabriele ![]() |
Title | La laude di Dante |
Description | Autograph manuscript |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 11 pages 23,5 x 33,5 cm, green cloth folder |
Acquired | 16 September 1913, Paul Gottschalk (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 140 |
Ebermayer, Erich
Author | Ebermayer, Erich ![]() |
Title | Kaspar Hauser |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 273 pages 22,0 x 17,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 386 Zw |
Ebert, Karl Egon von
Author | Ebert, Karl Egon von ![]() |
Title | Der Meister |
Description | Autograph poem signed, accompanied by a print of an earlier version of the poem with autograph corrections |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 10 pages 27,5 x 22,5 cm, sewn |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Private collection, Germany![]() |
Eckermann, Johann Peter
Author | Eckermann, Johann Peter ![]() |
Title | Die schönste Röthe. Die höchste Süße. Die schönsten Töne |
Description | Three autograph poems signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 3 pages 20,5 x 12,4 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Eekhoud, Georges
Author | Eekhoud, Georges ![]() |
Title | Les Récits de Nazareth |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, review of a book by Eugène Demolder |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 7 pages 28,7 x 10,8 cm, pasted onto larger paper within half cloth binding |
Acquired | 19 May 1914, auction, Pierre Dauze |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() E-1.1* |
Ehrenstein, Albert
Author | Ehrenstein, Albert ![]() |
Title | Sieg |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,6 x 21,8 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 387 Zw |
Eichendorff, Joseph von
Author | Eichendorff, Joseph von ![]() |
Title | An die Freunde. Verzweiflung der Langeweile |
Description | Two autograph poems, crossed out in pencil |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 23,6 x 12,0 cm |
Acquired | 29 October 1910, auction, Martin Breslauer (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin, through Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Eichendorff, Joseph von ![]() |
Title | In einem kühlen Grunde |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 26,0 x 22,0 cm |
Acquired | 27 September 1930, Emil Hirsch (antiquarian bookseller), Munich |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Eichendorff, Joseph von ![]() |
Title | Wenn wir in einem alten, stillen Haus ein ungewöhnliches Gepolter hören |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1845 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 6 pages 34,5 x 21,5 cm |
Acquired | 1926, through Fritz Brügel |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Einstein, Albert
Author | Einstein, Albert ![]() |
Title | Fragment of an astrophysical treatise |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed. No further information available |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 4° |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Author | Einstein, Albert ![]() |
Title | Newspaper report |
Description | Autograph draft. No further information available |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page quer-8° |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Eisner, Kurt
Author | Eisner, Kurt ![]() |
Title | Die Angst der Toten. Des Christkind Weihnachtsfest |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed. No further information available |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 11 pages 4° |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Author | Emerson, Ralph Waldo ![]() |
Title | Tact |
Description | Autograph poem, accompanied by a facsimile |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 1 page 25,7 x 20,0 cm |
Acquired | November 1912 (?), Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Eulenberg, Herbert
Author | Eulenberg, Herbert ![]() |
Title | Der Morgen nach Kunersdorf |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed several times, with a dedicatory poem for Georg Friedrich Mayer, 1914 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 44 pages 27,2 x 21,5 cm, wrappers, includes 2 loose pages |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Eulenberg, Herbert ![]() |
Title | Ulrich Fürst von Waldeck |
Description | Autograph manuscript with dedicatory poem signed, 1906 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 128 pages 28,3 x 22,3 cm, leather binding stored in a cardboard box (bound by E. A. Ender, Leipzig) |
Acquired | January 1912, gift of the author |
Current Location | Theatermuseum, Wien![]() VM 388 Zw |
Euler, Leonhard
Author | Euler, Leonhard ![]() |
Title | Solutio problematis de inventione curvarum algebraicarum, quae sunt trajectoriae reciprocae |
Description | Autograph manuscript with numerous formulae and diagrams |
Language | Latin |
Physical Description | 3 pages 23,3 x 17,5 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Evers, Franz
Author | Evers, Franz ![]() |
Title | Translations of texts by Verlaine |
Description | Autograph manuscript. No further information available |
Language | German |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Fechner, Gustav Theodor
Author | Fechner, Gustav Theodor ![]() |
Title | Ich bin im J. 1801 d. 19t. April im Dorfe Groß Sährchen in der Niederlausitz geboren |
Description | Autograph manuscript of an autobiographical sketch and list of his works, 1826 (?) |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 21,5 x 17,5 cm |
Acquired | 22 February 1926, Sale 107, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Fersen, Fredrik Axel von
Author | Fersen, Fredrik Axel von ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to the tribunal of the Swedish court |
Description | 25 May 1787, accompanied by two modern copies of the document and a German translation |
Language | Swedish |
Physical Description | 1 page 31,7 x 20,6 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 145 |
Feuchtersleben, Ernst von
Author | Feuchtersleben, Ernst von ![]() |
Title | Lebensblätter |
Description | Ten autograph poems signed with censor's imprimatur, 1839 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 4 pages 20,0 x 11,8 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
Author | Fichte, Johann Gottlieb ![]() |
Title | Bericht über den Begriff der Wissenschaftslehre |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 22,8 x 16,7 cm |
Acquired | November 1909, Richard Bertling (antiquarian bookseller), Dresden |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Fielding, Henry
Author | Fielding, Henry ![]() |
Title | 5. The Justice ought to issue his Precept to the Sheriff |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment of Forcible Entry and Detainer with authentication by Fielding's grandson |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 1 page 30,9 x 18,1 cm |
Acquired | 16 July 1930, Hellmut Meyer & Ernst (antiquarian booksellers), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Flaischlen, Cäsar
Author | Flaischlen, Cäsar ![]() |
Title | Gesang der Toten |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 46,0 x 31,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Flaubert, Gustave
Author | Flaubert, Gustave ![]() |
Title | Bibliomanie |
Description | Autograph manuscript, November 1836 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 14 pages 31,0 x 20,0 cm |
Provenance | Heirs of Gustave Flaubert |
Acquired | 2 July 1910, from Flaubert's executor Paul Zifferer |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 146 |
Fleischer, Max
Author | Fleischer, Max ![]() |
Title | Träume |
Description | Autograph poem |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 21,5 x 16,9 cm |
Acquired | unknown; probably gift of the author |
Current Location | Reed Library – Stefan Zweig Collection, Fredonia![]() |
Fogazzaro, Antonio
Author | Fogazzaro, Antonio ![]() |
Title | Il tamburino di Macdonald |
Description | Autograph poem signed |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 3 pages 18,0 x 11,0 cm |
Acquired | 10 October 1913, G. de Marinis (antiquarian bookseller), Florence |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Fogazzaro, Antonio ![]() |
Title | Leggenda |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed |
Language | Italian |
Physical Description | 4 pages 31,0 x 10,5 cm |
Acquired | 10 October 1913, G. de Marinis (antiquarian bookseller), Florence |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Fontane, Theodor
Author | Fontane, Theodor ![]() |
Title | Der alte Derffling |
Description | Autograph poem, 2 November 1846, prefixed by a dedicatory letter by Fontane dated 2 November 1846 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 3 pages 23,0 x 14,0 cm |
Acquired | Richard Bertling (antiquarian bookseller), Dresden |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Fontane, Theodor ![]() |
Title | Précis of his novel Cécile |
Description | Autograph manuscript, accompanied by three autograph letters signed from Fontane to a Herr von Puttkamer, dated 20 January 1886, 24 January 1886, and 19 February 1886, concerning the publication history of the novella |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 6 pages 22,9 x 14,0 cm |
Acquired | 1915, Richard Bertling (antiquarian bookseller), Dresden |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de
Author | Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de ![]() |
Title | Reply to a critique of his Eléments de la Géométrie de l’infini |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment, 1729 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 5 pages 20,3 x 16,0 cm |
Acquired | 12 July 1929, Victor Lemasle (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() F-20.1 |
Fort, Paul
Author | Fort, Paul ![]() |
Title | Le Matin pastoral |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment signed from Visions de berger |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 4 pages 21,7 x 13,2 cm |
Acquired | 1925, Simon Kra (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Foscolo, Ugo
Author | Foscolo, Ugo ![]() |
Title | Sublime specchio di véraci detti. Solcata fronte, occhi incavati intendi |
Description | Autograph manuscript of a self-portrait and autograph copy of a self-portrait of the poet Vittorio Alfieri, with a prose translation and introduction |
Language | Italian, French |
Physical Description | 5 pages 20,0 x 12,0 cm, thread-stitched |
Acquired | 1914, Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Fouché, Joseph
Author | Fouché, Joseph ![]() |
Title | Three letters to a royalist agent |
Description | 1815 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 3 pages 18,8 x 11,7 cm |
Acquired | David Salomon (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() F-25.1 |
Author | Fouché, Joseph ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to friends and colleagues |
Description | 23 March 1794 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 2 pages 30,5 x 20,0 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 147 |
Fouqué, Friedrich de La Motte
Author | Fouqué, Friedrich de La Motte ![]() |
Title | Abschied von Heinrich v. Kleist. Am 27. 9br 11 |
Description | Autograph poem, 1811 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 19,0 x 13,4 cm |
Acquired | 1914, auction, Max Perl (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Fouqué, Friedrich de La Motte ![]() |
Title | An Adalbert von Chamisso |
Description | Autograph copy of a poem signed, written for the friendship album of Adalbert von Chamisso, 1 January 1814 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 1 page 26,3 x 18,4 cm |
Acquired | 1914, auction, Max Perl (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Fouqué, Friedrich de La Motte ![]() |
Title | An Ewald von Kleist |
Description | Autograph poem, with the copy of a saying by Hildebrand of Berne on verso, 10 July 1811 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 23,0 x 18,6 cm |
Acquired | 1914, auction, Max Perl (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Fox, George senior
Author | Fox, George senior ![]() |
Title | "... the priest said ..." |
Description | Autograph manuscript fragment, communications of a theological nature written in prison |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 1 page 30,0 x 19,2 cm |
Acquired | 15 December 1930, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Fox, George junior
Author | Fox, George junior ![]() |
Title | The King of Kings hath beheld you |
Description | Autograph manuscript, epistle to King Charles II of England, 9 August 1660 |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 2 pages 13,3 x 19,7 cm |
Acquired | 15 December 1930, Sotheby's Auctions, London, through Maggs Bros. (antiquarian booksellers), London |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
France, Anatole
Author | France, Anatole ![]() |
Title | Notes concerning a letter addressed to him |
Description | Autograph manuscript, 1898 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 5 pages 20,1 x 18,3 cm, boards |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 148 |
Author | France, Anatole ![]() |
Title | La Psychologie de la femme moderne |
Description | Autograph manuscript signed, review of Paul Bourget's novel Physiologie de l’amour moderne |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 6 pages 31,0 x 20,3 cm, boards |
Provenance | Egelund collection |
Acquired | 17 February 1925, Sale 100, Karl Ernst Henrici (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() F-30.2 |
Franklin, Benjamin
Author | Franklin, Benjamin ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to William Strahan |
Description | 1744 |
Language | English |
Physical Description | 3 pages 33,0 x 20,3 cm |
Acquired | 26 August 1941, Heinrich Eisemann (antiquarian bookseller), London |
Current Location | The British Library, London![]() Zweig MS. 149 |
Frankreich, Königshaus
Author | Frankreich, Königshaus ![]() |
Parties Involved | Ludwig XV., König von Frankreich ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Title | Marriage contract signed by members of the French royal family |
Description | Manuscript in the hand of an unknown scribe signed by the following members of the French royal family: Louis XV, King of France, Louis XVI, King of France, Louis XVIII, King of France, Charles X, King of France, Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, and other members of the nobility, January 1774 |
Language | French |
Physical Description | 12 pages |
Provenance | L.-A. Barbet |
Acquired | 1932, Charavay (antiquarian bookseller), Paris |
Current Location | unknown; last recorded March 1992, Sale 651, J. A. Stargardt (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin, lot 1353 |
Franzos, Karl Emil
Author | Franzos, Karl Emil ![]() |
Title | Autograph letter signed to an unidentified recipient |
Description | Vienna, 3 April 1879 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 2 pages 23,3 x 14,4 cm |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem![]() Arc. Ms. Var. 305 / 102 |
Freiligrath, Ferdinand
Author | Freiligrath, Ferdinand ![]() |
Title | Die Trompete von Gravelotte |
Description | Autograph poem signed, September 1870 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 3 pages 21,2 x 16,5 cm |
Acquired | 29 November 1910, auction, Martin Breslauer (antiquarian bookseller), Berlin, through Karl Ernst Henrici |
Current Location | Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cologny-Genève![]() |
Author | Freiligrath, Ferdinand ![]() |
Title | Poem |
Description | No further information available |
Language | German |
Acquired | unknown |
Current Location | unknown |
Freud, Sigmund
Author | Freud, Sigmund ![]() |
Title | Der Dichter und das Phantasieren |
Description | Autograph draft of a speech, 1907 |
Language | German |
Physical Description | 9 pages 40,0 x 25,0 cm |
Acquired | 1924, gift of the author |
Current Location |