May 22, 2014 - Sale 2351

Sale 2351 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 352
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON. Autograph Note Signed, "AHumboldt," with holograph envelope Signed, "AHumboldt," to Madam Princess Charles of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, in French, confirming a meeting for Monday at 12:30pm with his "noble and gracious protectress." 1/2 page, 8vo; minor fading to first few words of note, folds; matted with portrait and framed. Np, "Saturday Jan" no year

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Humboldt (1769-1859) was a German naturalist, traveler and statesman, known for his descriptions of the Americas.