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Auction archive: Lot number 67

MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Fanny (1805-1847, married name Fanny ...

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,191 - US$4,787
Price realised:
£2,500
ca. US$3,989
Auction archive: Lot number 67

MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Fanny (1805-1847, married name Fanny ...

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,191 - US$4,787
Price realised:
£2,500
ca. US$3,989
Beschreibung:

MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Fanny (1805-1847, married name Fanny Hensel). Autograph letter signed ('Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy') to the publisher Adolph Martin Schlesinger, [Berlin, 11 April 1829], sending, on behalf of her brother Felix who has departed the previous day [on his first trip to London], a set of galley proofs, and asking to see a proof of the title page 'before the little work appears. I will then return this title proof to you straightaway, as I only need to glance at it', half page, 4to , integral address leaf (seal tear, light soiling).
MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Fanny (1805-1847, married name Fanny Hensel). Autograph letter signed ('Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy') to the publisher Adolph Martin Schlesinger, [Berlin, 11 April 1829], sending, on behalf of her brother Felix who has departed the previous day [on his first trip to London], a set of galley proofs, and asking to see a proof of the title page 'before the little work appears. I will then return this title proof to you straightaway, as I only need to glance at it', half page, 4to , integral address leaf (seal tear, light soiling). 'In Namen meines Bruders, der gestern abgereist is, und sich Ihnen bestens empfehlen läßt, übersende ich Ihnen die Korrektur, und ersuche recht sehr, mir eine vom Titel zukommen zu laßen, ehe das Werkchen erscheint. Diese Titel-Korrektur werde ich Ihnen dann sogleich wiederschicken, das ich sie nur anzusehen brauche'.

Auction archive: Lot number 67
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
21 November 2012, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Fanny (1805-1847, married name Fanny Hensel). Autograph letter signed ('Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy') to the publisher Adolph Martin Schlesinger, [Berlin, 11 April 1829], sending, on behalf of her brother Felix who has departed the previous day [on his first trip to London], a set of galley proofs, and asking to see a proof of the title page 'before the little work appears. I will then return this title proof to you straightaway, as I only need to glance at it', half page, 4to , integral address leaf (seal tear, light soiling).
MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Fanny (1805-1847, married name Fanny Hensel). Autograph letter signed ('Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy') to the publisher Adolph Martin Schlesinger, [Berlin, 11 April 1829], sending, on behalf of her brother Felix who has departed the previous day [on his first trip to London], a set of galley proofs, and asking to see a proof of the title page 'before the little work appears. I will then return this title proof to you straightaway, as I only need to glance at it', half page, 4to , integral address leaf (seal tear, light soiling). 'In Namen meines Bruders, der gestern abgereist is, und sich Ihnen bestens empfehlen läßt, übersende ich Ihnen die Korrektur, und ersuche recht sehr, mir eine vom Titel zukommen zu laßen, ehe das Werkchen erscheint. Diese Titel-Korrektur werde ich Ihnen dann sogleich wiederschicken, das ich sie nur anzusehen brauche'.

Auction archive: Lot number 67
Auction:
Datum:
21 Nov 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
21 November 2012, London, King Street
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