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Ref No	WIA GC/20091
Title	Warburg, Aby to Eckardt, Felix von 03/10/1928
Writer	Warburg, Aby
Place1	Bologna, Hotel Brun
Recipient	Eckardt, Felix von
Date	03/10/1928
Format	typescript, carbon copies and photocopy of another copy sent Alexander Zinn, now in Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Bestand Staatliche Pressestelle
Contents	acknowledges receipt of the article on the Planetarium, published on 28/09/1928; requests that the whole matter is treated confidentially and that any further discussions of it in public has to be checked by KBW; clarifies that there was no mention of a gift of the library at any time, only of a gift of large photographs of images showing the development of phantasy-based orientation towards space to mathematics-based orientation; it is a collection of photographs, teaching aids for adult education; explains the shortcomings of Planetariums, if they are not complemented by a documentation of images showing the development of orientation; the Water Tower in Stadtpark is a very practical venue, from its top one can look down on the North German plain; the Water Tower has the dignity of a 'Lynceus tower';copy of the letter, forwarded by Warburg to Saxl, in Warburg/Saxl file

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