Letter from Karl Ludwig von Knebel to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Ilmenau and dated 22 December 1802

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35325

Shelfmark:

RA 4/522, ‘Knebel, Karl Ludwig von, 1802 Dezember 22, Ilmenau’

Title:

Letter from Karl Ludwig von Knebel to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Ilmenau and dated 22 December 1802

Collection(s):

No related collections found.

Link to Archive Catalogue:

https://ores.klassik-stiftung.de/ords/f? p=403:2:::::P2_ID:5254

Link to Digital Resource:

OCLC Number:

Reproductions:

Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

Incipit Modernised:

Language(s):

In Voltaire’s Hand:

No

Brief Summary:

Letter from Karl Ludwig von Knebel to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Ilmenau and dated 22 December 1802.

Detailed Summary:

Von Knebel thanks Goethe for his gift and praises his writing, noting that in both Mahomet and Tancred, the poetic gait and expression if much stronger than in Voltaire’s originals. He then discusses their mutual friends before returning to Goethe’s literary works.

Keyword(s):

Genre(s):

Status:

Physical Description

Material(s):

Extent:

Format:

Dimensions:

Hands:

Watermark:

Countermark:

Binding:

Additional Comments:

Materiality Keywords:

Decorations:

Additions:

Marginalia Keywords:

Inclusions:

History

Date:

22 December 1802

Ownership:

Origin (transcript):

Provenance:

Bibliography

Bibliography:

OCV Reference:

OCV Manuscript Reference:

Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024