| Ref No | WIA FC/1924/10/1 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Frede 29/02/1924 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby, styled 'Vattinke' |
| Place1 | Kreuzlingen |
| Recipient | Warburg, Frede, 'nec non mulus' |
| Place2 | [Hamburg] |
| Date | 29/02/1924 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | congratulates her on having passed her A-levels (Abitur); on choosing an academic career, suggests biology; he will check the lecture courses in Hamburg University; asks her help for finding for bibliographical references on harmony of the spheres, harmony of movement, the mathematical books by Apollonius on the conic section; he will present her with a copy of the new 'Faust' edition by [Georg] Witkowski and a little silver thimble; mentions Mary's illustrations for the 'Hotelbanklied', is sure that they will be as much fun as her illustrations for the Struwwelpeter picture book for uncle Wilhelm [Hertz]; asks her to read with the whole family his reconstruction of the Florentine wedding dance, which is a play of the harmony of spheres, people wanted to bring together mathematics and Plato by dancing; a German text version is extant; wants her to show it to Prof. [Ernst] Hoffmann |
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