13 aut. letters or doc. signed (1 unsigned) by various German figures.

Various sizes: 1 to 2 pp.

Letters : 1. Joachim, Amalie (1839-1899) - Letter to Prof. Ernst Rudorff. [Berlin], 6th March [1872]. Stamped envel. cons. Amalie Schneeweiss, Austrian-German contralto, was the wife of the great violinist Joseph Joachim, and a friend of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, with whom she made international tours. Her correspondent was a composer and a piano teacher at the Berlin Hochschule.-- 2. Auerbach, Berthold (1812-1882) - Letter. Kurhaus Tarasp (Swiss), 26th July 1872. Lithogr. view of the Grand Hotel. German-Jewish poet and author. Countersigned by his friend Johann Czermak (1828-1873), Austrian-German physiologist, member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.-- 3. Steinmetz, Karl Friedrich von (1796-1877) - Letter to Mrs. Mayer van den Bergh. Posen (Poznań), 12th December 1870. Stamped envel. conserved. Prussian "Generalfeldmarschall", known as the "Lion of Nachod". Visit cards, notes, document fragments, etc.: 4. Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885), the "Red Prince", renowned army leader.-- 5. Moltke, Helmuth von (1800-1891), Prussian field marshal, chief of staff of the Prussian Army.-- 6. Goeben, August Karl von (1816-1880), Prussian infantry general.-- 7. Windthorst, Ludwig von (1812-1891), politician and leader of the Catholic Centre Party, former minister of justice of the King of Hanover. Dated 25th June 1879, dry stamp with the Deutscher Reichstag coat of arms.-- 8. Hiller, Ferdinand (1811-1885), composer, conductor, pianist, writer and music director.-- 9. Stephan, Heinrich von (1831-1897), general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the postal service.--10. Reinkens, Joseph Hubert (1821-1896), founder and first bishop of the Old Catholic Church, and Reusch, Franz Heinrich (1823-1900), Old Catholic theologian. On the same paper dated 1873.-- 11. Döllinger, Ignaz von (1799-1890), theologian and Catholic priest, inspirator of the doctrine of the Old Catholic Church. Unsigned envel. (torn) with address mention attributed to his hand (note on verso).-- 12. Wittgenstein, Otto von.-- 13. Hummer, von. Dated 1872.
Prov. For n. 3: probably Henriëtte Mayer van den Bergh, founder of the famous Museum Mayer van den Bergh in Antwerp, housing the collection of her son Fritz.