Lot 161
Andersen, Hans Christian (1807-1875) Danish author of novels, short stories, fairy tales, and poems; best known for his fairy tales, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Princess and the Pea," and "The Ugly Duckling." AMsS ("H.C. Andersen") being an original, unpublished poem in the hand of Hans Christian Andersen and signed by him, written on the verso of the decorative title page of the first volume of the 1853 German edition of Andersen's Collected Works (Leipzig: Verlag Von Carl B. Lorck), 6½" x 4", n.p., December 1853. Fine; overall toning; one tiny, archival edge repair; lightly affixed to board at top and bottom of left margin and matted to 11" x 8". Accompanied by a letter in Danish from Hans Christian Andersen Museum confirming to Branners Bibliofile Antikvariat in Copenhagen that the poem is, indeed, in Andersen's hand, and explaining the first line of the manuscript, "Med 'Sämliche Werke' 8 Bind." (the poem appears in the first volume and Andersen gave all eight volumes of the "Collected Works" to the Children's Hospital and inscribed them in the first volume). The English translation reads:
"My poetry scattered seeds in the world,
found friends also abroad,
here it is at home again, dressed in a foreign way,
but its heart will always remain Danish.
H.C. Andersen
Given by the author to 'the doctors of the Children's Hospital, December 1853."
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
|
| |
| Realized $3,480 |
