Recke, Elizabeth Charlotte Constantia von der (1754-1833)

  • Recke, Elizabeth Charlotte Constantia von der, 1754-1833
Date:
c. 1910
Reference:
MS.4144
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Description

Nachricht von des Berüchrigten Cagliostro Aufenthalte in Mitau im Jahre 1779 und von dessen dortigen magischen Operationen. ... Berlin: F. Nicolai. 1787. Holograph translation into French by Alfred Haehl, made for Dr. E. Lalande in connection with his book 'Le maître inconnu-Cagliostro'. Paris. 1912.

Publication/Creation

c. 1910

Physical description

1 volume 4 ll. + 205 ff. + 3 ll. (last bl.). 8vo. 201/2 × 13 cm. Unbound.

Acquisition note

Purchased at Sotheby's (Hauser Sale) 16/4/1934, Lot 48 (part).

Biographical note

The author was a German poet and writer; for a time she was under the influence of Cagliostro, but later repudiated him.

Ownership note

From the library of Léon Hauser of Paris. The original folder containing this and other Cagliostro material [cf. MSS. Nos. 1047, 1048] had his library pressmark 'L.H. 99'.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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  • 66607A