Miscellany: German, 18th-20th centuries

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence. Comprises:

MS.7668/1: Stark, Johann Christian I (1753-1811), obstetrician. 1 autograph letter, signed. 1790.

MS.7668/2: Stark, Johann Christian II (1769-1837), obstetrician. 1 autograph letter, signed, salutation missing. 18th century - 19th century.

MS.7668/3: Stark, Karl Wilhelm (1787-1845), pathologist. 1 autograph letter, signed. 1838.

MS.7668/4-6: Steiner, Robert, Freiherr von Pfungen (1850-1917), neuropathologist and psychiatrist. 2 autograph letters, signed, 1879-1885 (nos. 4-5); dealer's note describing nos. 4-5, n.d. (no. 6). c.1879-1885.

MS.7668/7: Steininger, Johann (1794-1874), geologist, mathematician. 1 autograph letter, signed, in French. 1844.

MS.7668/8: Stern, Dr. Samuel (1830-1915). 2 autograph notes, signed, including a postcard to the ophthalmologist August Ritter von Reuss (1841-1924) (no. 8). 1911-1913.

MS.7668/9-11: Stieglitz, Israel Johann (1767-1840), physician. 2 autograph letters, signed, 1821-1835 (nos. 9-10); dealer's note in French describing nos. 9-10, n.d. (no. 11). c.1821-1835.

MS.7668/12-13: von Stifft, Andreas Joseph (1760-1836), physician and medical reformer. 2 autograph notes, signed. 1811-1818.

MS.7668/14: Stintzing, Roderick (b.1854), physiologist. 1 autograph letter, signed. 1924.

MS.7668/15-23: von Stoerck, Anton, Freiherr (1731-1803), medical writer, physician to Empress Maria Theresa. 1 autograph letter, signed, 1794 (no. 15); 8 autograph prescriptions, intialled, 1768 (nos. 16-23). 1768-1794.

MS.7668/24: Stoerk, Karl (1832-1899), laryngologist. 1 autograph letter, signed. 1876.

MS.7668/25: Stöhr, Dr. (fl. 1873). 1 autograph letter, signed. 1873.

MS.7668/26: Streinz, Wenzel-Matern (1792-1876), anatomist and naturalist. 1 autograph letter, signed. 1843.

MS.7668/27-28: Stromeyer, Georg Friedrich Ludwig (1804-1876), surgeon-general to the army of Hanover, specialist in orthopaedics. 1 autograph letter, signed, 1842 (no. 27); signature cut from an autograph letter, in English, 1853 (no. 28). 1842-1853.

MS.7668/29-34: [von] Strümpell, [Ernst] Adolf Gustave Gottfried (1835-1925), pathologist. 4 autograph letters and notes, signed, 1893-1905 (nos. 29-32); printed note showing a bust of Strümpell, with a facsimile message in his hand, 1923 (no. 33); dealer's biographical note, n.d. (no. 34). 1893-1923.

MS.7668/35-41: Stundthartner, Joseph (fl. 1880-1888). 7 autograph letters, signed. 1880-1888.

MS.7668/42: Stürzenbaum, Adalbert (fl. 1803). Manuscript official document, signed. 1803.

MS.7668/43: Suckow, Wilhelm Karl Friedrich (1770-1848), pharmacologist, friend of Goethe. 1 autograph letter, signed, to Ludwig Friedrich von Froriep (1779-1847), surgeon, obstetrician and publisher. 1824.

MS.7668/44-50: Sudhoff, Karl (1853-1938), medical historian. 5 autograph letters and notes, signed, 1920-1933 (nos. 44-48); 2 manuscript biographical notes, n.d. (nos. 49-50). 1768-1933.

1768-1933

50 items

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, May 1930 (acc.55098); Heck, Vienna, August 1932 (acc.65880, 65894 and 65895); probably from Desgranges or Charavay, Paris, circa October 1933 (acc.66365); Glendining, London, November 1933 (acc.67807); Sotheby's, London, November 1933 (acc.67468); and Hinterberger (or possibly Heck), Vienna, August 1935 (acc.69047). Presented by Dr. Edwin Clarke, former director of the Wellcome Institute, April 1982 (acc.335940). Provenance of no.34 not known.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts