You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter fromFriedrich Adolf Schmidt-Künsemüller (born 30. December 1910 in Bremen, died. on the 9th August 1993 in Kiel), German Library director and professor of books and librarianship.

On the publication of the facsimile edition of Johannes Gutenberg's forty-two-line Bible based on the copy from the Berlin State Library of the Preussian Cultural Heritage, ed. by Wieland Schmidt and Friedrich Adolf Schmidt-Künsemüller, Munich 1979.

Addressed to another person involved in this publishing project ("Dear friend in Gutenberg!"), possibly. Wieland Schmidt?

Also mentioned is Severin Corsten, who contributed to the commentary volume; his contribution is also assessed on a few lines.

DatedKronshagen, Eichkoppelweg 8c, 26. December 1978.

Scope:2 A4 pages.

Written on very strong paper.

The first page is very poetic: "Come on, let us jump into the new year with the last strength we have left to complete the immortal work! So that we go down in the history of historical book art as the henchmen of the biggest and baddest of all Gutenberg books. Cover your head, O friend!"

The second page then contains organizational information for the above-mentioned publication; It's about contributions submitted for the commentary volume, including those from Severin Corsten.

Condition: Slightly stained, ins. good. Please notesee the pictures too!

Internal note: 2d/7



About Schmidt-Künsemüller (Source: Who's who):

He was director of the Mainz City Library from 1955 to 1959, of the Kiel University Library from 1959 to 1975 and, since 1965, honorary professor at the University of Kiel. Published, among others: "Corpus of Gothic leather-cut volumes from the German-speaking area" (1980), "The Western Romanesque blind stamp bindings" (1985), "Bibliography on the history of binding art from the beginnings to 1985" (1987).

On the publication of the facsimile edition of Johannes Gutenberg's forty-two-line Bible based on the copy from the Berlin State Library of the Preussian Cultural Heritage, ed. by Wieland Schmidt and Friedrich Adolf Schmidt-Künsemüller, Munich 1979. The first page is very poetic: "Come on, let us jump into the new year with the last strength we have left to complete the immortal work! So that we go down in the history of historical book art as the henchmen of the biggest and baddest of all Gutenberg books. Cover your head, O friend!" He was director of the Mainz City Library from 1955 to 1959, of the Kiel University Library from 1959 to 1975 and, since 1965, honorary professor at the University of Kiel. Published, among others: "Corpus of Gothic leather-cut volumes from the German-speaking