Philosoph (1742–1798). Autograph letter signed („C. Garve“). Breslau. 4 SS. auf Doppelblatt. 4to.
$ 3,000 / 2.800 €
(21682)
To an unnamed count – presumably Leopold III., Duke of Anhalt Dessau (1740-1817), known as “Prince Franz” or “Father Franz”, whom he sent one of his books. - Slightly browned due to paper; with inverted pleat; otherwise well preserved.
Philosoph (1742-1798). Autograph quotation signed. Leipzig. 28.09.1771. 1 S. Qu.-8vo.
$ 1,500 / 1.400 €
(941535/BN941535)
A three-line Greek quotation from Demosthenes' famous oration "On the Crown": "It behoves the brave to set their hands to every noble enterprise, bearing before them the buckler of hope, and to endure gallantly whatever fate God may allot" (transl.). - On the reverse is an entry by the philosopher Samuel Christian Hollmann (1696-1787): a quotation from Seneca "Vita sine litteris mors est, et hominis vivi sepultura" (dated 13 May 1771). - Slight waterstain in upper corner.