BIB_ID
105867
Accession number
MA 3138
Creator
Gruninsky, Vladislaus, fl. 1753.
Display Date
1753 Nov. 30.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Robert Metzdorf, 1974.
Description
1 item (12 p.), bound : ill. ; 33 cm
Notes
Dedicated to Augusta, Princess of Wales, on her birthday.
Two small wash drawings at the conclusion of each ode.
Two small wash drawings at the conclusion of each ode.
Provenance
Robert Metzdorf.
Summary
Presentation copy of two odes dedicated to Augusta, Princess of Wales. Dedication ends with gratitude and thanks for an annual maintenance, and is signed as her most humble servant "unterthänigster Knecht," Vladislaus Gruninsky. Dedication is followed by two folios apparently excised, and the first ode, Uber die göttliche Fürschung, is apparently missing the first 2-3 stanzas. The second ode, "Der von einem Heyden, bey seines Schicksals Unzufriedenheit beschämte Christ," is the story of a Moor, who is poor but nevertheless happy about everything he has and sees the positive in all.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (35.4 cm)
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