Humboldt, Alexander von (Author)
Leitner, Ulrike (Author)
Knobloch, Eberhard (Author)
The in Cotta archive of the German Literature Archive in Marbach archived correspondence of Alexander von Humboldt by Johann Friedrich von Cotta and after 1832 with his son Johann Georg documents the lasting over half a century (1804-1859) compound of the famous Prussian citizen of the world to the South German publishing house. The main content of almost 400 previously unpublished letters usually relates naturally Humboldt publications by Cotta, from his American tour to the successful work of late work, the "cosmos". The long period of correspondence spanned but also a politically sensitive time. Humboldt's comments on current events are to some extent a summary of Prussian history in the first half of the 19th Century. He also reports on scientific topics that occupied him straight, and commented literature. In his descriptions of everyday life (travel, work at the court of the Prussian king, night work on the manuscripts, illness and death, chronic lack of money, support for others, etc.), the reader encounters the famous scientist also very private. Especially for younger Cotta is a trusting openness and friendship had developed, so that Humboldt him 1851 assured that "the amicable relations that began with your ... Mr vortreflichen father maintained by the worthy son of the most delicate, much , much to the amusement of my age not quite happy to contribute. "
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