by Ludwig Rellstab (to Franz von Schober, concerning Liszt), Moritz von Schwind (3, to Carl von Schönstein, referring to several works, including his painting Die Rückkehr des Grafen von Gleichen), Eduard von Bauernfeld (autograph poem signed, "Wie fangen wir's nur an?"), Joseph Christian von Zedlitz (offering his condolences); together with letters by Erzherzog Karl von Österreich, Joseph Lewinsky, Auguste Wilbrandt-Baudius and Roderich Anschütz

c.29 pages in all, various sizes, Munich, Vienna and elsewhere, 1842-1871, where indicated, some leaching of the ink in the Rellstab letter; together with poems and drawings by Marie and Betty Haslinger, in a folder, red velvet covers, Prague, Vienna, 1823-1836

Formerly in the collection of Ida von Schweitzer (1842-1917), from whom the letters have passed to the present owner by descent.

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A good collection featuring central personalities in Schubert's life, including Rellstab, author of seven of the Schwanengesang, Carl von Schönstein, the dedicatee of Die schöne Müllerin, Franz von Schober, author of An die Musik, Eduard von Bauernfeld, the librettist of Schubert's Der Graf von Gleichen, and Moritz von Schwind, who made a famous drawing of a Schubertiade. It is possible that the 'Zeichnung' mentioned by Schwind was the study for that drawing.