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the book is brown with gold lettering on itan open book with three red wax seals on top of ittwo small boxes with different colors and designs on them
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

145 - Liber amicorum – Berlin – Posen – Pomerania – Saxony, etc.
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Estimate €300 - €450
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Liber amicorum – Berlin – Posen – Pomerania – Saxony, etc. Thoma family A collection of 13 autograph books, autograph book cases, diaries, sketchbooks and notebooks, presumably mainly from the Thoma family’s collection. With entries from Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), Berlin, Chemnitz, Gommingen, Halle, etc., 19th century. Various formats. Various bindings, some with gold and blind embossing (paper, leather, half-leather, cloth, velvet), some with gilt edges and slipcases (mostly worn, some with dents). Contains: an album with 45 entries and 2 drawings for Therese Thoma, as well as 40 autograph book pages for her brother Hugo, some with repeated entries. Circa 1832–1839. Contemporary gold-stamped half-leather binding with gilt edges and marbled endpapers, housed in a marbled paper slipcase, as well as a gold-stamped leather case in a paper slipcase. - Mostly from Bromberg, as well as Berlin, Gumbinnen, Nemmersdorf, Königsberg and elsewhere, by Joachim Jobst Graffunder, Dr and Adelheid Henschel, Therese and August Herz, Ernestine Leunert, Amalie, Pauline and Albert Loewe, Adelhaide von Lyncker, Walter Artgur Niederstetter, Mathilde, Emma, Laura, Julius and Carl Ollenroth, Johanna and Hedwig von Puttkamer, Auguste, Emilie and Rudolph Schwede, Ludwig von Tschepe, Clara and Theodor Heinrich Wallach, etc. - Family album with 3 wax seals of the Thoma family, approx. 29 entries and 10 loose accompanying sheets with entries by students from Breslau, Greifswald and elsewhere, c. 1833/34. Paper pages with gilt edges, gold-embossed R-shields and gold borders. - Album with an entry by Therese Thoma stating ownership, containing entries from Bromberg (1832–1836). - Album with entries by friends and schoolmates from Halberstadt (1876). - 2 albums containing entries mainly from Chemnitz and Döbeln (1878–1880) by Senior Pastor Dr Graue, schoolmates and ‘boarding school sisters’, as well as aunts Ida and Flora (for ‘Idchen’). - Souvenir pages. Birthday calendar with several entries (including Busso Thoma (1899–1945)). - Bearing the owner’s mark ‘Luise Thoma / Birnbaum’. - Diary with the initials ‘T. Thoma’ 1836. 13 written pages. – Mentions, amongst other things, a dance party at Government Councillor Moldenhawer’s and a dance at Senior Government Councillor Schlitz’s. - Sketchbook containing mainly architectural pencil sketches. 35 leaves – Manuscript containing descriptions of a sea voyage and drawings of St Vincent, Gibraltar, Penang and others, May/June 1892. Approx. 75 leaves, contemporary card. – Notebook containing text in verse. 54 hand-paginated pages. – 2 further albums (including 1 with a cover print ‘Karl Kaselitz 1875–76’ bearing the owner’s stamp ‘S.-P Kaselitz, Berlin’). - Also included: approx. 21 manuscript leaves with architectural drawings of various churches and the Britannia Tube Bridge over the Menai Strait, as well as 1 colour photographic view of St Michael’s Church in Hamburg (Strumper & Co, 1906). - Partly browned and slightly stained due to the paper; a few leaves loose; generally in good condition. Berlin – Posen – Pomerania – Saxony, etc. – Collection of 13 libri amicorum, diaries, sketchbooks and notebooks, probably primarily from the Thoma family. With entries from Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), Berlin, Chemnitz, Gommingen, Halle, etc. 19th century. Various formats. Various bindings, some gilt and some blind-stamped (cardboard, leather, canvas, velvet), some with gilt edges and slipcases (mostly rubbed, some bumped). - Contains: An album with 45 entries and 2 drawings for Therese Thoma, as well as 40 album sheets for her brother Hugo, some with repeated entries. c. 1832–1839. - Mostly from Bromberg, also Berlin, Gumbinnen, Nemmersdorf, Königsberg and other locations, by, amongst others, those listed above. - Album containing 3 lacquer seals of the Thoma family, approx. 29 entries and 10 loose supplementary leaves with entries by students from Breslau, Greifswald and elsewhere, circa 1833/34. - Album containing Therese Thoma’s ownership entry, with entries from Bromberg (1832–1836). - Album containing entries from friends and schoolmates from Halberstadt (1876). - 2 albums containing entries, primarily from Chemnitz and Döbeln (1878–1880), from Senior Pastor Dr Graue, schoolmates and sisters, as well as aunts Ida and Flora (for ‘Idchen’). - Birthday calendar with some entries (recorded, amongst others, by Busso Thoma (1899–1945)). - With ownership note: Luise Thoma / Birnbaum. - Diary of T. Thoma, 1836. - Mentions, amongst other things, the dance society with Government Councillor Moldenhawer and the dance with Senior Government Councillor Schlitz. - Sketchbook containing mainly architectural pencil sketches. - Manuscript with descriptions of a sea voyage and drawings of St Vincent, Gibraltar, Penang and others. May/June 1892. - Notebook containing text in verse. - 2 additional albums (including one with a cover stamp ‘Karl Kaselitz 1875–76’ and the owner’s stamp S.-P. Kaselitz, Berlin). - Also included: Approx. Manuscript sheets with architectural drawings of various churches and the Britannia Tube Bridge over the Menai Strait, as well as a colour photograph of St Michael’s Church in Hamburg (Strumper & Co., 1906). – Occasional browning and slight staining due to the paper; a few loose sheets; generally well preserved.
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