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.

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

Addressed to another participant in this publication project ("Dear friend in Gutenberg!"), possibly Wieland Schmidt?

Mention is also made of Severin Corsten, who made a contribution to the commentary volume; his contribution is also judged on a few lines.

DatedKronshagen, Eichkupplungweg 8c, 26. December 1978.

Scope:2 A4 pages.

Written on very strong paper.

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

The second page then organizational for the above publication; it's about submitted contributions for the commentary volume, among others by Severin Corsten.

Condition: Slightly stained, ins. good. please noteen also the pictures!

Internal note: 2d/7

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

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