An autograph note signed "Jac. Grimm"

Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863), An Autograph note signed "Jac. Grimm", undated, library courtesy note in German, in ink on single paper slip, in German "An Herrn Dr. Pritzel / auf der Bibliothek / mit verbindlichem Dank / zuruck / von Jac. Grimm.", housed and double matted in a gilt frame with companion aperture displaying portrait print of Jacob Grimm, sight 3"h x 5.5"w, frame 10.75"h x 16"w, together with a framed photographic print of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Chamberlain and Anne Chamberlain. Note: As a foundational philologist, university professor, and developer of "Grimm's Law" of linguistics, Jacob Grimm spent much of his life conducting exhaustive comparative literary research inside German institutional archives. This brief note highlights that daily academic workflow, serving as a formal, hand-delivered receipt accompanying research volumes or rare manuscripts he was returning to an archive colleague ("Dr. Pritzel"). Institutional and administrative ephemera from Grimm's research career offers an intimate glimpse into the scholarship behind the Deutsches Worterbuch (German Dictionary) and Grimm's Fairy Tales.

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