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Ref No	WIA GC/17158
Title	Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Felix 07/12/1925
Writer	Warburg, Aby
Recipient	Warburg, Felix
Date	07/12/1925
DateNote	FC
Format	typescript
Contents	on the sale of works of art from the so-called secundogeniture collection in Dresden; Fürst Liechtenstein has sold only very few pieces so far; but he might be enticed by American money to sell more; the General Catalogue of Printed Books of the British Museum would, as a reference collection, be of great help to the library; a copy was offered for sale by Probsthain for £ 84; a copy of the catalogue is also in Poznan and since the 'pigs of the Polish' would not know what to do with it it might be for sale, if an offer is made from America; did he like the Max Slevogt book?; Slevogt is also publishing a book on Faust and Warburg encourages Felix Warburg to order one copy; on the exhibition on astrology by the Deutsches Museum; mentions Oscar von Miller; Warburg will send him a list of exhibits if the exhibition will travel to the US and if there will be enough place to mount a section on the history of astrology; on the project of a Planetarium in Hamburg; mentions Zinner; on his seminar, with 14 young students; he enjoys being a teacher; will the university in Hamburg be mindful of Saxl's and Warburg's achievement in the academic life in Hamburg?; nothing is done in Germany without antisemitism; Paul Sachs sent a very nice letter

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