LITERATURE - SCHILLER Johann Christoph Friederich von (1759 - 1805) - Autograph note
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Forced to enter the military academy by the Duke of Würtemberg, he suffered a breakdown and began to write morbid poems. Forbidden to write, he deserted the army and took refuge in Mannheim. He was one of the founders of modern German literature. Autograph note with a request for books in a library, dated June 27 1801, Written by other hand: “Taciti, Annales, Historia”. 1 p. In-16.