ZEPPELIN FERDINAND VON: (1838-1917) German General and inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships which dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. L.S.,
G v. Zeppelin, to the verso of a picture postcard depicting a Zeppelin airship in flight, Friedrichshafen, 22nd August 1908, to Hedwig Zeiss, in German. Zeppelin writes, in full,
´Für Ihre liebenswürdige Sendung und Ihre freundlichen Glückwünsche zu meinem Geburtstage sende ich Ihnen nachträglich aufrichtigen Dank´ (Translation:
´I would like to send you my sincere thanks for your kind message and your kind congratulations on my birthday´). Accompanied by a photograph of Hedwig Zeiss signed to the (neatly detached) lower photographer´s mount by the actress, and several other pieces of printed ephemera etc. including a typed manuscript and printed copy of
Der Genius der guten Laune (
´The Genius of Good Humour´) by F. A. Geissler, described as
´A joke instead of a prologue for the general meeting of the Association of German Engineers´, Dresden, 1908, and a programme of events relating to to the reception evening of the 49th general meeting of the Association of German Engineers at the Dresden Central Theatre on 28th June 1908 etc. Loosely contained in a contemporary card folder. Some light age wear, generally G to VG, Sml. Qty.
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