Grotefend, Georg Friedrich, 1 December 1822

Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775-1853), epigraphist and philologist, deciphered cuneiform script, Autograph Letter Signed, 1822.

1 letter: 1 December 1822. Grotefend warns his correspondent against a fraud who travels Europe pretending to be a scholar. He has stolen some artifacts Grotefend had borrowed. He also writes about the difficulty of getting particular books and artifacts. He discusses the numbering of Roman legions under Varus and the identification of plaster casts of Greek statue heads.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: An English note about Grotefend from a pervious owner of the letter. Also short biographical information, Stumpff's speculation about who Grotefend's correspondent could be, a list of persons mentioned in the letter, purchase information, longer note on Wilhelm Dorow, supposed correspondent of Grotefend.

Transcription included in the file? Yes.