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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Partly printed document signed ("J.W.von Goethe"). Weimar, 8 June 1791. 1 page, oblong 8vo, 116 x 178 mm. (4½ x 7 in.), matted and framed with an engraved oval portrait. Fine condition. [With:] A portion of an address panel, with partial autograph address and GOETHE'S PERSONAL SEAL in black wax (a flourished shield device with central star). 1 page, 131 x 239 mm. (5 1/8 x 9 in.)
The first item comprises a printed receipt for payment of one new louis d'or, for six months dividend for one share (Number 77) in the copper and silver mines at Ilmenau. With signatures of Goethe and Christian Gottlob Voigt as representatives of the Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach Mining-Commission. Both Goethe and Voight had been named as ceremonial officers of these once productive mines which were to be re-opened and revitalized. Together 2 items. (2)
The first item comprises a printed receipt for payment of one new louis d'or, for six months dividend for one share (Number 77) in the copper and silver mines at Ilmenau. With signatures of Goethe and Christian Gottlob Voigt as representatives of the Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach Mining-Commission. Both Goethe and Voight had been named as ceremonial officers of these once productive mines which were to be re-opened and revitalized. Together 2 items. (2)