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SCHLEGEL, August Wilhelm von (1767-1845)]. A collection of five hundred and eight-five autograph letters, most with signatures, addressed to August Wilhelm von Schlegel (mostly at Coppet, a few at Jena, in France and at Berne) from correspondents in Berlin, Munich, Weimar, Cologne, Teplitz, Dresden, Vienna, Paris, Zurich, Rome and other places, August 1801 - April 1812 (many incompletely dated) including: SCHLEGEL, Friedrich von (1772-1829). 83 autograph letters signed, 385 pages, 8vo, and 2 pages, 4to ; SCHLEGEL, Dorothea von (1763-1839). 18 autograph letters signed, 83 pages, 8vo, and 3 pages, 4to ; and other members of the Schlegel family, 68 letters, 118 pages, 8vo, and 92 pages, 4to ; TIECK, Sophie Bernhardi (1775-1833). 58 autograph letters (mostly signed, 'Sophie T', 'S.B.' and 'S.T.') and one poem ('An August Wilhelm Schlegel'), 188 pages, 8vo, and 126 pages, 4to ; and 11 poems in the hand of August Wilhelm von Schlegel (probably retained copies, one addressed 'An Sophie B.', two of them given twice), 13 pages, 8vo, and 3 pages, 4to ; TIECK, Christian Friedrich (1776-1851). 54 autograph letters signed, 68 pages, 8vo, and 121 pages, 4to (one letter enclosing a drawing of a memorial in pen, ink and watercolour, and an elevation); SCHELLING, Friedrich Wilhelm Josef (1775-1854). 15 autograph letters signed, 17 pages, 8vo, and 39 pages, 4to ; FOUQUE, Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte (1773-1843). 6 autograph letters signed and one by his wife, Caroline, 22 pages, 8vo, and 38 pages, 4to ; NUYS-BERTHAU, Elisabeth Wilhelmina ('Minna') van (1770-1835). 20 autograph letters signed, 100 pages, 8vo, and 4 pages, 4to , in a small silk-embroidered portfolio; RECAMIER, Juliette (1777-1849). 2 autograph letters signed and 3 unsigned, 6 pages, 8vo ; other correspondents including Franois Gautier de Tournes (4 letters), Johann Friedrich Cotta (10), David Ferdinand Koreff (10), Louise Voss (4), Henrietta Mendelssohn (19), Frederike Unger (33), Karl von Hardenburg (6), Eduard Hitzig (3), Heinrich Karl Eichstadt (7), August Böckh (4), together 96 letters, 332 pages, mostly 8vo ; other friends and littérateurs (writers, editors, publishers), 97 letters, 284 pages, 8vo , altogether approximately 585 letters, 1600 pages, 8vo, and 440 pages, 4to (a few letters incomplete), address panels, seals. The collection also includes: Manuscripts (in unidentified hands) of 15 articles by August Wilhelm Schlegel, in German and in French (mostly published) including a review of Madame de Staël's Corinne , and generally on literary matters; two copies of Schlegel's dissertation, 'Considérations sur la civilisation en général'; an autograph memorandum and 20 letters addressed to Schlegel referring to his lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature, Vienna, 1808, together with printed prospectuses (5), admission tickets (4) and a list of participants; copies of Egidio und Isabella and Flore und Blanscheflur , verse dramas by Sophie Tieck (published); printed items relating to the establishment of the Bavarian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1807-1808, and two related letters; articles from the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 1791-1804, by August Wilhelm von Schlegel and Caroline Schlegel (his wife until 1803); three issues of the Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung and 16 related letters and notes; excerpts from the Zeitung fr die elegante Welt , 1802-1803, including articles by Schlegel; verses for the Heidelberger Jahrbcher and related letters; letters and notes in unidentified hands on literary and philological subjects, 1806-1809 (26 manuscript and 19 printed items); 63 bills ('Comptes payés') addressed to Schlegel at Coppet, 1808-1810, for various purchases including books, stationery and clothing, and 16 bills at Berne, 1811-1812, for lodgings and food. All the letters, manuscripts and printed items in the collection are arranged in 27 packages of which 24 are numbered (1, 3-9, 11, 13-15, 17-18, 20-22, and 25-31) and 3 unnumbered, the wrappers inscribe