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Start Over Collection William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : manuscripts, 1542-1967, bulk 1770-1900

85 p. ; 16 cm. A collection of recipes, begun by Charlotte Post, whose autograph is on fly-leaf, and continued by various other writers. Includes 12 p. at end, where the notation of recipes has been resumed. 4 small mss., further recipes in various hands, in envelope tipped in at end.

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  4. POST, CHARLOTTE

9 ALS, to William Alfred Speck, 1910-1925 Box 17, Folder 727a

28 p. ; various sizes.
1910 Mar 6, New York.
1910 Mar 18, Kennett Square,
Pennsylvania.
1910 Mar 30, New York.
1912 Mar 22, New York.
1914 Nov 15, New York.
1920 Apr 4, Gotha, Germany; with
envelope.
1922 Feb 7, Partenkirchen; with
envelope.
1922 Feb 12, Partenkirchen; with
envelope.
1925 Feb 16; Partenkirchen.
With: ALS from Lilian Bayard Taylor
Kiliani to William Alfred Speck.
Feb. 16, 1925. Partenkirchen.
2 p. ; 18 x 14 cm. All ten letters
bear on Bayard Taylor's translation
of Goethe's Faust and the whereabouts
of Taylor's manuscripts.

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  4. TAYLOR, MARIE (HANSEN), 1829-1925

9 items bound together, 1882-1884 Box 18, Folder 779

1) Die verwandelten Weiber; oder, Der
Teufel ist los. Lustspiel in 3
Aufzügen, 1882.
AMs, signed, 87 p. ; 21 x 17 cm.
Title from label on cover.
Signed: Albert Wünsch. Orderan den
13ten Juli 1882.
Based on Christian Felix Weisse's opera
of the same title, which was set to
music by Johann Adam Hiller.

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  4. WÜNSCH, ALBERT

Account of Karl Friedrich Zelter's last days, 1876 Oct 2 Box 16, Folder 640

2 p. ; 18 cm.
Autograph ms. in German, signed (xerox
copy).
Written on the back of end papers of
the Speck Collection copy of [Beyle,
Marie Henri], Rome, Naples et
Florence en 1817 (Paris, 1817),
Dd4 817b.

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  4. SCHULZE, KAROLINE

A collection of poems, n.d. Box 17, Folder 721

AMs, 24 p. ; various sizes.
Several poems in Mrs. Taylor's hand,
and one composed by her, Dec. 20,
1872.
Contents: Da die Gläser sind noch
nicht leer; Kennst du das Land, wo
schönste Braten blühen (parody of
Goethe's "An Mignon"); Abschiedslied;
Edles Paar, ihr habt vom tiefen
Kelch des Lebens; Lieblich, sanft
und milde; Ich wandl' auf deiner
Pfad, Natur!; Nachdem der
Neujahrstag war gekommen; Das Wetter
(by Marie Taylor); Wohngedicht; Ich
habe unausstehlichen Durst; Wer
leidet an einem bösen Husten; Die
durst'ge Erde trinkt den Regen;
Leidevoll, kreidevoll (parody of
Goethe's "Freudvoll und leidvoll");
Der Versuch deutsche Gedichte; Das
Lied vom schläfrigen Manne; Gelobet
sei Schlaf!; Er legt sich auf's Heu;
Die Hinterbliebenen traurig; Ich
sitze in der Laube; An die liebe,
gute Tante; Vom Nordkay.

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  4. TAYLOR, BAYARD, 1825-1878

AD : Ausgaben Karl Augusts aus S. Privatscatoulle, 1825-26 Apr 1 Box 11, Folder 428

1 p. ; 30 x 20 cm.
In an unidentified hand, not Karl
August's.
Includes notation of payments to Frau
v. Heygendorf, née Jagemann, and to
Jagemann.

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  4. KARL AUGUST, GRAND DUKE OF SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH