You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter ofArchitects, art historians and publicists Peter Wallé (1845-1904).

DatedBerlin, Wilhelmstr. 22a, the 27th June 1889.

in one Envelope with imprint "Wochenblatt für Baukunde * SW 48". The paper was co-founded by Peter Wallé under the name "Weekly Paper for Architects and Engineers".

Addressed to the garrison building inspector Georg Stautner in Wuerzburg.

Transcription:"Dear Mr. Building Inspector! The editors of the 'Wochenblatt' sent me your favorites. request of 23. dM, which is why I would first like to point out that I am not aware of Kühn's cartridge apparatus at the moment. Good results have been achieved lately with bottles from the fire Esting{???} Comp., which cost 1.20M if I'm not mistaken. Maybe try again; I believe I believe that this will help for the first attempt and I suspect that the cartridges mentioned are essentially a bottle of {???} sulfuric acid or something similar. mixture contains.

Where did you get something about Kühn's Patr. had read? Instead of the Büttenspritze would perhaps be a small. Backpack sprayer(?) by Loeb o. R. Recommend Schwartzkopff. Address below. Yours sincerely, P. Wallé."

Adjacent are the addresses of Bernhard Loeb in Berlin, Richard Schwartzkopff in Berlin and the Imperial Fire Esting.(?) Company (representative in Hamburg: FH Langsdorff).

Scope: one written on four pages (22 x 14 cm).

Condition: paper browned; cuff with larger tears. BPlease also note the pictures!

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About Peter Wallé (source: wikipedia):

Peter Hubert Wallé (* 3. December 1845 in Cologne; † 8th. September 1904 in Berlin) was a German architect, art historian and publicist.

Life:Peter Wallé's father, Johann Anton Wallé (1807-1876), was an architect and teacher in Cologne. Wallé trained with the architect Julius Raschdorff in Cologne. From 1866 to 1870 he studied at the Berlin Building Academy and graduated with the construction manager's examination. He then worked practically until 1879, traveled through Germany, Belgium and Austria and from 1877 also worked as a journalist. From 1879 to 1881 he worked as editor of the weekly journal for architects and engineers and was also editor of the journal Der Tiefbau. In 1884 he took part in the XIII. Members of the Association of German Architects' and Engineers' Associations. From 1884 to 1888 he was editor of the magazine Der Bär. In 1891 he became a member of the Provincial Commission for the Preservation of Monuments for Brandenburg. In 1899 he was awarded the title of professor. In 1900 he traveled to St. Petersburg for his research work on Andreas Schlueter. He conducted further intensive research on Rochus von Lynar, Carl von Gontard and Eduard Knoblauch. In Berlin he had campaigned for years against the planned demolition of the Heiliggeistkapelle and the opera house.

publications

Filippo Bruneleschi (drama), 1874

Count Lynar's foundation altar in the Nikolaikirche in Spandau, 1879

The Life of Eugene Emanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1880

Schlueter in Petersburg, 1882

Carl von Gontard's life and work, Wilhelm Ernst & Son, Berlin, 1891

Correspondence between Count Lynar and Landgrave Wilhelm IV. of Hesse, 1893

Eduard Knoblauch - An outline of his life, 1902

Numerous journal articles in the Deutsche Bauzeitung, the journal for construction, the central newspaper of the building administration, the journal for fine arts, the communications of the Association for the History of Berlin and the journal Die Denkmalpflege.