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Autographs from a private Japanese collection
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Autograph letter signed ('vGoethe') to [Johann Christoph Döderlein], Weimar, 7 October 1785
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Autograph letter signed ('vGoethe') to [Johann Christoph Döderlein], Weimar, 7 October 1785
In German. Two pages, 280 x 195mm, contemporary annotation in red ink to upper margin of p.1; framed and glazed. Provenance: Stargardt, 4-5 April 1991, lot 147.
To a noted theologian, on his indulgence for the excesses of young students. Goethe had intended to thank Döderlein in person for a copy of his most recent publication, but has not had the opportunity to travel to Jena to do so: so he now writes, adding add that the Duke (Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar) has been gratified to hear that Döderlein will overlook an instance of misbehaviour by the students of Jena University: 'Since I have been prevented from doing so thus far, I am now relieving myself of this duty, adding at the same time the assurance that it was most gratifying for His Serene Highness to hear, also through me, that you will not allow the unruly behavior of some young people to harm the whole, but will continue in your laudable endeavor always to be of service to the Academy'.
Johann Christoph Döderlein (1746-1792) was a theologian, a professor at the University of Jena and intermittently its rector (in which capacity he may have been exposed to the 'unruly' student behaviour Goethe refers to): he was apparently not very popular with his colleagues at the university. Döderlein is notable for being the first scholar to theorise that the book of Isaiah is a composite text composed over several hundred years. The book he sent to Goethe may be his annotated edition of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs, published in 1784.
Autograph letter signed ('vGoethe') to [Johann Christoph Döderlein], Weimar, 7 October 1785
In German. Two pages, 280 x 195mm, contemporary annotation in red ink to upper margin of p.1; framed and glazed. Provenance: Stargardt, 4-5 April 1991, lot 147.
To a noted theologian, on his indulgence for the excesses of young students. Goethe had intended to thank Döderlein in person for a copy of his most recent publication, but has not had the opportunity to travel to Jena to do so: so he now writes, adding add that the Duke (Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar) has been gratified to hear that Döderlein will overlook an instance of misbehaviour by the students of Jena University: 'Since I have been prevented from doing so thus far, I am now relieving myself of this duty, adding at the same time the assurance that it was most gratifying for His Serene Highness to hear, also through me, that you will not allow the unruly behavior of some young people to harm the whole, but will continue in your laudable endeavor always to be of service to the Academy'.
Johann Christoph Döderlein (1746-1792) was a theologian, a professor at the University of Jena and intermittently its rector (in which capacity he may have been exposed to the 'unruly' student behaviour Goethe refers to): he was apparently not very popular with his colleagues at the university. Döderlein is notable for being the first scholar to theorise that the book of Isaiah is a composite text composed over several hundred years. The book he sent to Goethe may be his annotated edition of Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs, published in 1784.
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Eugenio Donadoni
Senior Specialist, Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts