You are bidding on one beautiful letter from around 1870.

directedto the doctor Otto von Linstow (* 17. October 1842 in Itzehoe; † 3 May 1916 in Göttingen), German medical officer and helminthologist.

Written by his future father-in-law Alexander of Campe (born 11. May 1814 in Bückeburg, died as a secret senior appellate councilor in Bückeburg on 8. June 1884).

The content is about them Connection of Otto von Linstow to hisr daughter Anna Emilie Franziska Henriette von Campe (* 12. May 1845), which this one on 30. June 1870 he should marry in Bückeburg; however, the letter was written before the wedding: Alexander von Campe consented to the engagement.

Very beautifully and heartily written.

OO and oJ (probably Bückeburg, around 1869/70).

Signed by Alexander von Campe and his wife Bertha.

At the beginning author attribution in lead by Otto von Linstow: "Alexander v. Campe, my father-in-law! OvL"

Scope:2½ written on 4 pages (20.8 x 13.5 cm).

Condition:Slightly browned, with remains of glue on the blank page. Bplease note See also the pictures at the end of the item description!

Internal note: O 7d/7

About the recipient Otto von Linstow (source: wikipedia):

Otto Friedrich Bernhard von Linstow (* 17. October 1842 in Itzehoe; † 3 May 1916 in Göttingen) was a German medical officer and helminthologist.

Life: His parents were the Danish lieutenant and later postmaster at Bückeburg August Wilhelm Franz von Linstow (* 21. Nov 1814; † 13 June 1887) and his wife August Sophie Johanne née Schönfeldt (* 26. October 1819; † 23 November 1899).

After attending school in Bückeburg and Hamburg, Linstow studied medicine from 1862 at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, later at the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg, and at the Georg August University in Göttingen. He became a member of the Corps Holsatia (1863) and the Corps Brunsviga Göttingen (1865).[1][2][3] 1866 in Kiel (1866) to Dr. medical After earning his doctorate, he joined the Prussian army in 1868. He served as a military doctor in Ratzeburg, Stade and Hagenau. He took part in the Franco-Prussian War. From about 1880 he was staff and battalion doctor in Hameln and from 1887 senior staff doctor and regimental doctor in Göttingen. on the 7th On 1 May 1904 he retired as senior physician.

Linstow devoted himself to helminthology, entomology and lepidopterology. He examined the worms brought back from the Challenger expedition. As a specialist in worm diseases, he was appointed professor in 1911.

on the 30th June 1870 he had in Bückeburg Anna Emilie Franziska Henriette von Campe (* 12. May 1845) married.[4] The couple had two sons and a daughter. Two children died young. Only the eldest son Otto von Linstow (geologist) survived.

See also: Linstow (nobility) and military doctors of the Prussian army

awards

Challenger Medal[5]

Corresponding member of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society

Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society of London