Lot 530

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530. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN A wonderful poem written entirely in his hand and signed by Andersen, praising the Thuringian forest, 1p. oblong 8vo., [n.d., n.p.]. In full: "O Forest of Thuringia, your name, Has a world moving sound. Where Luther spoke, where Goethe sang, Is the home of high ideas. God bless the stern that sprouts greatness, May blessing and luck further it! In the Forest of Thuringia there is a castle, Wherein the hearts reside." Very good to near fine. $2,000-3,000

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