KARL ALEXANDER (1818-1901, from 1853 Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)

LS, in French with translation, to Count Potocki (Pototski), thanking him "for the good wishes you express ... on the renewal of the Year" and returning his own, "In case you are journeying abroad, I hope you will not fail to stop at Weimar ... I will receive you there with pleasure", 1 side 4to., Weimar, 19th / 31st December

Bismarck called the Grand Duke "Counsel for good relations between Berlin and St. Petersburg" - his sister Augusta was the wife of Wilhelm I, and his mother Maria the daughter of Paul I. Brought up under the eye of Goethe, the Duke furthered the literary, musical and scientific eminence of Weimar, founding the Art School, the Music School, and the Wartburg, and as active patron of the Schiller Institute, the Goethe Society, the Shakespeare Society, and the University of Jena.

Item Date:  1859

Stock No:  50225      £225

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