File NLW MS 16603C. - Letters of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm,

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 16603C.

Title

Letters of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm,

Date(s)

  • 1828-1857 / (Creation)

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File

Extent and medium

22 ff. (18 items) ;275 x 235 mm. and less.Guarded and bound at NLW in 1966.Papers repaired at NLW at time of binding.Papers repaired at NLW at time of binding

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Messrs Quaritch; London; Purchase; July 1956

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letters, 1828-1857, written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (the Brothers Grimm) mainly concerning literary and academic matters.
They comprise a letter from Jacob to Dr Adolf Hellfrich, 21 September 1857 (item 2), concerning research in Spain, with an excerpt of a report of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1857 (item 3); and a report by Jacob on a French language examination, [1829x1837] (item 5); ten letters from Wilhelm to Georg Heinrich Pertz, 1828-1857 (items 7-16), and a letter from Wilhelm [?to Pertz], 28 August 1842 (item 18), containing references to King Arthur and to the Mabinogion.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by name of author.

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Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

German.

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Existence and location of copies

Text

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Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16603C.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004534887

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

July 2008.

Language(s)

  • English

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Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Rebekka Schmich and Rhys M. Jones;

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