Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern

Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 89. Immanuel Kant | Autograph letter signed to Johann Erich Biester in Berlin, 29 June 1794.

Immanuel Kant | Autograph letter signed to Johann Erich Biester in Berlin, 29 June 1794

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseVAT reduced rate

Lot Closed

July 11, 11:29 AM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Immanuel Kant


Autograph letter signed ("IKant"), to an unnamed correspondent [Johann Erich Biester in Berlin]


a letter of introduction for Christian Friedrich Jentsch, describing him as his 'trustworthy friend of many years, clear-thinking, enlightened, and well-read', asking him to introduce him to people who could be of interest to him, mentioning von Hippel and Scheffner, referring to some of his own writings, namely his [1794] essay on the influence of the moon [on the weather], which has not yet arrived in Königsberg, and Das Ende aller Dinge


...Von unserem gemeinschaftlichen litterärischen Angelegenheiten habe ich für jetzt nichts anzumerken, als daß meine, in der berl. Zeitung angezeigte, Abhandlung vom Mondseinflüsse (Monat Mai) bis jetzt in Königsberg noch nicht angelangt. --die, über das Ende aller Dinge, erwarte ich also nicht vor Ende des Julius bey uns anlangen zu sehen...


1 page, 4to (22.6 x 19cm), Königsberg, 29 June 1794, some paper loss to corners from opening of letter


Kant's unnamed correspondent was Johann Erich Biester (1749-1816), editor of the Berlinische Monatsschrift, Kant's preferred journal. The Königsberg councillor C.F. Jensch (1743-1802) was a regular table guest of Kant's and closely associated with Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel, Kant's friend and former student.


LITERATURE:

AA XI: 523




You May Also Like

Jefferson, Thomas | In a widely discursive letter, Jefferson announces that he is joining Washington’s cabinet and expresses great relief at the recovery of the President from a serious illness
Jefferson, Thomas | In a widely discursive letter, Jefferson announces that he is joining Washington’s cabinet and expresses great relief at the recovery of the President from a serious illness

Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD

[World War II – 21st Army Group] | An important archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to the German surrender
[World War II – 21st Army Group] | An important archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to the German surrender

Estimate: 150,000 - 250,000 USD

(Gettysburg) | “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Abner Doubleday’s autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen insightful maps and plans
(Gettysburg) | “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Abner Doubleday’s autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen insightful maps and plans

Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD

Lincoln, Abraham | The President refutes rebel press propaganda about the siege of Vicksburg
Lincoln, Abraham | The President refutes rebel press propaganda about the siege of Vicksburg

Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lincoln, Abraham | The President's letter to John Key—sent just four days after he issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln, Abraham | The President's letter to John Key—sent just four days after he issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD

Adams, John | A learned disquisition on the common law and natural rights and the roles those concepts played in Adams's own contributions to the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States
Adams, John | A learned disquisition on the common law and natural rights and the roles those concepts played in Adams's own contributions to the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States

Estimate: 120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lincoln, Abraham | The President thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated."
Lincoln, Abraham | The President thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated."

Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD

Adams, John | Establishing an American Army: John Adams introduces a congressional committee charged with meeting with General Washington “concerning various Matters of Importance”
Adams, John | Establishing an American Army: John Adams introduces a congressional committee charged with meeting with General Washington “concerning various Matters of Importance”

Estimate: 150,000 - 250,000 USD

Washington, George | The commander in chief orders that Redcoat prisoners be treated "with humanity, and Let them have no reason to Complain of our Copying the brutal example of the Brittish Army"
Washington, George | The commander in chief orders that Redcoat prisoners be treated "with humanity, and Let them have no reason to Complain of our Copying the brutal example of the Brittish Army"

Estimate: 80,000 - 100,000 USD

(Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay) | Bushrod Washington's Federalist, praised by George Washington as a "work [that] will merit the notice of Posterity"
(Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay) | Bushrod Washington's Federalist, praised by George Washington as a "work [that] will merit the notice of Posterity"

Estimate: 120,000 - 150,000 USD