Box Coll-2106 - Box 1

Scope and Contents Johann Martin Honigberger (1795-1869), physician and traveller, Autograph Letter Signed, 1850, about his Middle Eastern journeys.1 letter, 1 cover enfolding the letter inscribed by a previous owner.- Letter: 14 December 1850. Honigberger writes to an art dealership, giving them the biographical details they requested: His travels throughout Europe and to Asia, India, and the Arab peninsula. He worked in Lebanon as a doctor for several years, spent 2 years in Constantinople,...

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Pierre Jaubert (1779-1847), orientalist and traveller, member of Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign, Autograph Letter Signed, 1839.

1 Letter and Envelope. 15 December 1839. Letter addressed to Sir Graves Haughton. Jaubert recommends a lawyer in Paris and speaks of an upcoming trip to India.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short note of biographical and catalogue information

Transcription included in the file? No.

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Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa (1875-1953), Indian theosophist, Autograph Letter Signed.

1 Letter. 25 August. Jinarajadasa tells the addressee to concentrate on 'the Master.' (Stumpff notes that the Master refers to Jiddu Krishnamurti.)

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Typed biographical information and transcription.

Transcription included in the file? Yes.

Scope and Contents Ulrich Joost, German scholar (b. 1951), Typewritten Letter Signed, 2004.2 letters.- Letter 1: undated. Joost writes to Stumpff and explains Lichtenberg's references to Genesis, as well as references in India in Lichtenberg's work.- Letter 2: 29 January 2005. Stumpff answers Joost and expounds on the different views in different religions on the similarity between gods and humans. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: 1 print-out of a short biography of...

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Bernhard Jülg (1825-1886), linguist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1859.

1 letter. 30 October 1859. Jülg asks his correspondent to read some inscriptions he is sending him, and to reply with a summary of the contents.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical information, purchase information.

Transcription included in the file? No.

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Stanislas Julien (1797-1873), sinologist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1838.

1 Letter: 19 January 1838, Paris. Addressed to Sir Graves Haughton. Julien thanks Haughton for lending him a Sanskrit volume of 'Manou Sanhita.'

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Typed biographical and purchase information. Typed transcription.

Transcription included in the file? Yes.

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Ferdinand Justi (1837-1907), orientalist, portrait photograph signed and inscribed.

1 photograph of Ferdinand Justi, inscribed on the back for Prof. Weber, signed by Justi.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Purchase information.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Scope and Contents Franz Kielhorn (1840-1908), Indologist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1887, about a gift of oriental manuscripts.1 letter. 19 June [188]7. Kielhorn agrees to donate Sanskrit manuscripts to a library if in exchange his donation is mentioned to the government and he is thanked by the minister. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Biographical information, physical description of the letter, purchase information, notes on people and institutions mentioned in the letter....

Scope and Contents Johann Gottfried Kosegarten (1792-1860), orientalist, 2 Autograph Letters Signed: 1836 to the linguist Albert Höfer (1812-1883); 1842 to Hammer-Purgstall.2 letters, 2 auction catalogue entries.- Letter 1: 27 March 1836. Kosegarten thanks Albrecht Hoefer for sending him his Prakrit grammar and compares it to Sanskrit.- Letter 2: 24 May 1842. Kosegarten replies to a request for more information about his recently published collection of Arabic songs "Kitab al...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986), Indian theosophist, Autograph Note, 1911.

1 Document. 28 December 1911. A receipt recognising the admittance of Miss M. Bermond into the Order of the Star in the East. Stumpff notes that Krishnamurti's signature is a facsimile.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Page of purchase and catalogue information.

Transcription included in the file? No.