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Kienbusch Angling Collection
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A lifelong New Yorker, Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch (1884-1976) was a successful businessman who collected armor from about 1914 until his death in 1976.
The collection consists of manuscripts and letters relating to the history and method of angling collected by Kienbusch (Princeton Class of 1906). These range from "The Art of Angling" (circa 1651) by Thomas Barker to Edward Hewitt's "Articles on Fish and Fishing" (1947). Most of the works are by 19th-century English authors, with some by 20th-century Americans. Included are Joseph Crawhall's "The Compleatest Angling Book" (1881), Biblioteca Piscatoria by William Harrison, Fishless Days (1954) by Alfred W. Miller, Memoirs of Eminent Sportsment by Frederick Pond, and The Natural History of Cornish Fishes (1884) by Jonathan Couch.
There is correspondence of George E. M. Skues, Edward Boies, Louis Bougle, Theodore Gordon, Charles Goodspeed, as well as Kienbusch's autograph album with letters by Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, Henry van Dyke, Rudyard Kipling, Daniel Webster, and others. Also present are fishing diaries (1861-1887) of Alfred Denison, Gilliat Hatfield (1841-1845), and Kienbusch (1954-1965), and records of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association (1874-1949). Miscellaneous material includes letters, bookplates, photographs, clippings, fishing club newsletters, and a box of reels and tied flies.
A further addition includes correspondence of Irving Bachellor, E. A. Barton, C. F. Beatty, Charles Goodspeed, E. W. Gudger, Henry Thorpe, and Rosa E. Westwood, chiefly regarding fishing publications, and photographs of inscribed Ottoman Turkish armor.
Gift of Carl Otto v. Kienbusch. One English indenture is a gift of Mrs. Millicent C. Kelly.
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People
- Goodspeed, Charles E. (Charles Eliot), 1867-1950
- Hewitt, Edward R., 1866-1957
- Skues, G. E. M. (George Edward Mackenzie)
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
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Collection Inventory
Consists of the bound manuscripts and letters of individuals such as Thomas Barker, Robert William Chambers, Theodore Gordon, and George Edward Mackenzie Skues, as well as others.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Physical Description66 items
Contains notes and lists of books on angling, including a 2-page list of "eminent and skillful anglers". Manuscript written in an unidentified hand and undated.
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Autograph list of books on angling, kept by Appleby.
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Manuscript, written in an unidentified hand, concerning angling for trout or grayling. Together with notes on other unrelated subjects at end, undated. The tract accompanying this manuscript is is dated 1669.
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Signed autograph letters from R. S. Austin to Skues, 1891-1911. Also includes ALsS from his son J. R. Austin to Skues, 1913. Topics include angling, fly dressing, and flies. The letters are tipped into a blank book together with two copies of an obituary for R. S. Austin.
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Comments on tying flies. Together with 2 ALsS from Jane Baigent to A. H. Thompson.
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Manuscript, written in an unidentified hand and undated.
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Signed autograph manuscript concerning fishing at Piseco Lake, New York. Together with the printed text from the "Knickerbocker Gallery," dated 1855, and with 6 steel engravings tipped in. Also includes an ALS from Bethune to Isaac T. Smith, dated Philadelphia, 1841.
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Contains approximately 25 typed transcripts of letters from Edward B. Boies to G. E. M. Skues, dated 1938-47. Together with 16 typed transcripts of letters from G. E. M. Skues to Edward B. Boies, dated 1941-47, and 3 typed transcripts to Edward B. Boies from Evan Randolph and R. C. Hunt, dated 1944. Also includes 2 photostats of 2 letters from H. V. Dyke to G. E. M. Skues, dated 1917. Subjects include angling, the New York Anglers Club, the Flyfishers' Club, flies, etc. 1938-47.
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Typescript carbon copies of approximately 29 letters written mainly to G. E. M. Skues. Subjects include angling, the New York Anglers Club, the Flyfishers' Club, flies, etc.
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Scrapbook of approximately 300 ALsS from Bouglé to G. E. M. Skues together with photographs and clippings.
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Autograph manuscript of prose, written in pencil, undated.
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Scrapbooks containing press clippings related to fly fishing, angling clubs, flies, and minstrel shows. Includes photographs of Clarke, Edwin Rice, H. Houdini, and Charlie Chaplin (v. 4). Also contains printed articles by Clarke, and printed advertisements for "Haverly's Minstrels," where Clarke was manager.
Physical Description6 Volumes
Autograph manuscript concerning fishing.
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Two volumes, labeled v. B and v. C, containing miscellaneous material concerning Walton and Cotton. Contains autograph material about Izaak Walton, including notes, letters, newspaper clippings, bills, etc. Compiler unknown.
Physical Description2 Volumes
Concerns the classification of Cornish fish, with notes on tadpoles. Together with 3 ALsS from F. J. Cole, dated 1938. Contains pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations. Also contains "Illustrations of British zoology," by R. Q. Couch (6 leaves), and "Zoophyta Cornubica, Cornish Zoophytes their history, habits, and physiology," by R. Q. Couch.
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Autograph manuscript concerning Cornish fish with many pen-and-ink drawings and watercolor illustrations. Together with 3 ALsS from Arthur Perrier to Couch.
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Printer's proof copy (single sheets). Together with original edition, plates.
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Consists of printed pages from the first edition, corrected and interleaved with autograph manuscript additions, prepared for the second edition, dated 1881. Also contains illustrations throughout. Plates include etchings (proofs on India paper, mounted), mounted lithographs, engraving, watercolor, plates of music, etc.; illustrations include woodcuts, mounted etchings (proofs on India paper), and initials. Some illustrations and plates colored by hand.
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Journals kept by Denison concerning angling. Volume 1: 1861-67; volume 2: 1868-77; volume 3: 1878-87.
Physical Description3 Volumes
Volume containing various documents concerning J. Dennys and his book on angling. Includes original documents (17th and 18th century) tipped in or pasted down. Together with manuscript notes and transcriptions, in the hand of Denison.
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Commonplace book, written in an unidentified hand, containing extracts relating to angling. Includes copies of letters and essays relating to fishing by D. Macfarlane John S. Hawkins, and Bishop Cleaver.
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Miscellaneous collection of artificial flies, possibly compiled by Sir William Pitt, Bart. Flies are tied in on sheets/fragments of English legal documents on parchment.
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Autograph manuscript on trout fishing. Contains pen-and-ink drawings of bait, equipment and supplies, and artificial flies.
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A verbatim copy in the hand of Henry S. Cotton of the 1606 edition, made in 1829. Preface note concerning the text by Alfred Denison.
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Seven volumes of miscellaneous material concerning angling. Includes an ALS from A. J. Fluster, Portland, Maine, May 24, 1938; typescripts; autograph notes; lists of fishing books; newspaper clippings.
Physical Description7 Volumes
Typescript copies of approx. 109 ALsS from Theodore Gordon to G. E. M. Skues concerning fly fishing and other matters. Together with obituary notices of Gordon.
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Typescript copies of letters from T. Gordon to Guy R. Jenkins, Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y. concerning fly fishing and flies.
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Miscellaneous material relating to angling. Includes autograph notes, autograph poems by Gosden for "Piscatory Ballads," extracts of printed ballads, newspaper clippings of fishing songs, an incomplete autograph manuscript "The Art of Angling Epitomized," and 1 engraved plate "Le Chasseur Anglais," all undated.
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Miscellaneous Materials Related to Thomas Gosden. Includes engravings and etchings in various states of "The Sportsman"; plates (some proofs) and aquatints from "The Complete Angler"; a watercolor drawing, "In Westminster Abbey," by Gosden; an autograph manuscript translation of Metastasio's "Piscatory Eclogue"; 2 ALsS to J. H. Burn, London publisher. Also contains a hand tinted engraving "A Snug Angling Party," by Rowlandson.
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Typescript, with autograph corrections and notes. Together with 4 TLS, dated 1953-54 from Edgar Wandless.
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Autograph manuscript bibliography of angling books through the mid-nineteenth century, undated. Loose entries tipped in.
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Angling diary, kept by Hatfeild, 1841-1851, (not in chronological order) concerning trout fishing in the River Wandle (Merton, England). Contains lists of the salmon, trout, and grayling rivers in England. Together with autograph manuscript essay titled "The Trout," by Hatfeild at end.
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Angling diary, kept by Hatfeild, 1841-42, concerning trout fishing in the River Wandle (Merton, England).
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Autograph manuscript by Hatfeild concerning fly fishing in the River Wandle (Merton, England). Contains a list of flies, description of the river and the fish to be caught there. One leaf with artificial flies tied in.
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Typescript copies of articles by Hewitt on fish and fishing, particularly trout fishing. Articles are listed as published, not published, printed, rejected, sold, not sold, etc.
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Miscellaneous typescripts and proofs of "Hewitt's Nymph Fly Fishing," and other works concerning trout and salmon fishing, undated.
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Typescript (2 v., 152 pp.) together with autograph manuscript (1 v., 84 pp.) of the same work.
Physical Description3 Volumes
Autograph manuscript (9 leaves). Together with typescript copy (5 leaves).
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Autograph manuscript concerning a fishing trip to Brandreth Lake, New York, with illustrations in watercolor and pen-and-ink. Together with 2 TLS from Kenneth R. McAlpin to Carl Otto Von Kienbusch; 1 TL inscribed "Dear Toni,"1948; and 1 ALS from Andrew C. Imbrie to Carl Otto Von Kienbusch, 1948. The manuscript is dedicated to the "Commander-in-Chief," by "The Professor".
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Autograph manuscript concerning grayling fishing and flies, with hand-tinted pen-and-ink illustrations. Dedicated to George C. Heslop, Jun. 1875.
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Manuscript notes, kept by Kett, concerning fishing. Includes autograph manuscript copies of "Letters on Angling".
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Signed autograph manuscript of the story by Knight that introduced the Solunar Theory. Together with 1 TLS, dated 1946 from J. A. Knight to Kienbusch.
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Galley and page proofs for "The Modern Angler," 1936. Together with 1 signed typed letter, dated 1946, from Alfred W. Miller (S. G. Hackle) to Carl Otto Von Kienbusch.
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Autograph manuscript of a speech given by Lindeman to the Angler's Club of New York (10 leaves), written in pencil. Bound together with a typescript copy (9 leaves).
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Miscellaneous printed essays on fishing compiled by R. B. Marston. Autograph title page inserted before each article.
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Cashbook for expenses, kept by the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association.
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Kept by the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association.
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Membership records for the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association.
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Executive Committee meeting minutes (typescripts) of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association.
Physical Description2 Volumes
Minutes, reports, and correspondence for annual meetings of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association. Volume 1: 1930-36; v. 2: 1937-38; v. 3: 1941-43; v. 4: 1949. 1930-49.
Physical Description4 Volumes
Financial records for the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association. Includes lists of copies of bills related to fishing and hunting.
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Records, kept by the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association.
Physical Description2 Volumes
Executive Committee reports of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association.
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Concerns the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association. Includes typewritten letters, newspaper clippings, printed programs, tickets, and pamphlets.
Physical Description5 Volumes
Includes material related to Frank Forester (H. W. Herbert): 1 TLS from Clarence Anderson to Warren Freeman, 1919; 1 ALS from David Wagstaff to W. Freeman, dated 1920; 10 postcards of the Frank Forester Tablet, Warwick N.Y. (7), Red Swan Inn, Warwick, N.Y. (2), and the Nuttall Ornithological Club of Cambridge, addressed to Warren E. Freeman,1919; 4 glass negatives of Forester and possibly of his home in Passaic River, NJ.
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Signed typescript (carbon copy) of a work on duck hunting.
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Concerns fishing, compiled by Rhead. Includes newspaper clippings, notes, etc.
Physical Description2 Volumes
Miscellaneous papers in slipcase. Includes "Biographical details," autograph manuscript by Skues (30 leaves); "Ernest Locks Method of Tying up Winged Duns," signed autograph manuscript by Skues (5 pp.); typescript copies; letters; poems; notes; clippings, etc. Also includes hand-stitched coat-of-arms on cloth with phrase "Manners makyth man".
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Contains approximately 25 typed transcripts of letters from Edward B. Boies to G. E. M. Skues, dated 1938-47. Together with 16 typed transcripts of letters from G. E. M. Skues to Edward B. Boies, dated 1941-47, and 3 typed transcripts to Edward B. Boies from Evan Randolph and R. C. Hunt, dated 1944. Also includes 2 photostats of 2 letters from H. V. Dyke to G. E. M. Skues, dated 1917. Subjects include angling, the New York Anglers Club, the Flyfishers' Club, flies, etc.
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Autograph manuscript. Together with typescript copy and 1 ALS from Skues to Kienbusch.
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Autograph manuscript in 14 notebooks by Skues. Together with typescript copy.
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Typescript carbon copies of approximately 29 letters written mainly to G. E. M. Skues, 1938-1947. Subjects include angling, the New York Anglers Club, the Flyfishers' Club, flies, etc.
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Two conjugate leaves consisting of an engraved plate entitled "Table for Baits" from the work "Rural Sports" by Rev. Wm. B. Daniel on the left and additional tables with descriptions of bobs, worms, flies, and paste recipes on the right.
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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Fishing Gazette, concerning fly fishing, compiled by Tod, circa 1909. Together with 1 ALS and 1 ANS dated 1911, from Tod to R. B. Marston.
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Manuscript concerning trout fishing in England, written by an unknown Englishman.
Physical Description2 Volumes
Typescript and carbon transcription of notes on trout fishing in England, written by an unknown Englishman. Typed transcription by Ellen Ahern. Together with typed note from Ahern to Kienbusch.
Physical Description2 Volumes
Manuscript translation from the Latin by John Duncombe of C[orpus] C[hristi] Coll[ege], Cambridge.
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Manuscript list of books on angling. Also includes clippings from various booklists and catalogs.
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Compiled by Kienbusch. Includes letters and manuscripts by Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, Jefferson Davis, G. E. M. Skues, Rudyard Kipling, Daniel Webster, Henry van Dyke, and others. Typed list in front of album.
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Typewritten diary, kept by Kienbusch, concerning fishing at Anticosti Island. Includes photographs.
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Typewritten diary, kept by Kienbusch, concerning fishing at Jupitagan River, Quebec. Includes photographs.
Physical Description9 Volumes
Typewritten diary, kept by Kienbusch, concerning fishing at La Loutre River and Anticosti Island. Includes photographs.
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Typewritten diary, kept by Kienbusch, containing autobiographical material.
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Miscellaneous material concerning fishing. Contains typescript (16 pp.), 1 galley; 1 folder with approximately 30 letters to Kienbusch, all dated 1946; 5 printed pamphlets entitled Fresh-water fishing: fifty books and other material tracing its development: an exhibition in the Treasure Room of the Princeton University Library, May-June 1946.
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Photograph album of fishing expeditions, kept by Kienbusch.
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Manuscript copies of Walton's verse and excerpts from his other works. Together with notes about "The Compleat Angler". Compiler unknown.
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Original watercolor drawing of artificial flies, the frontispiece for La Branche's The Salmon and the Dry Fly.
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Autograph manuscript, dated Brussels, 1869. Includes a list of books cited by I. Walton in "The Compleat Angler." Together with 1 ALS from Westwood to "Francis," dated 1870 and 1 ALS from Alfred Denison, 1878.
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Autograph manuscript on artificial fly making. Includes actual flies.
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Autograph manuscript concerning anglers. Names include Thomas Ward (Tom Draw); Wm. P. Hawes (J. Cypress, Jr.); H. W. Herbert (Frank Forester); Wm. T. Porter (York's Tall Son); James Oakes (Acorn); Isaac McLellan (Poet Sportsman); George Wilkins Kendall; H. H. Sibley (Hal, a Dacotah); T. B. Thorpe (Tom Owen the Bee Hunter), etc. Together with typed table of contents, undated.
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Autograph manuscript concerning anglers. Names include Thomas Ward (Tom Draw); Wm. P. Hawes (J. Cypress, Jr.); H. W. Herbert (Frank Forester); Wm. T. Porter (York's Tall Son); James Oakes (Acorn); Isaac McLellan (Poet Sportsman); George Wilkins Kendall; H. H. Sibley (Hal, a Dacotah); T. B. Thorpe (Tom Owen the Bee Hunter), etc. Together with typed table of contents, undated.
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Consists primarily of clippings, letters, and bulletins.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
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Consists of printed matter from the American Fisheries Society, Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc., and The Women's Flyfishers Club.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
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Consists of flies, reels, medals, and a stuffed fish.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
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Miscellaneous collection of 330 artificial flies arrayed on 20 vellum pages, each page having 18 pockets, one fly per pocket. A guard leaf of vellum separates each page of specimens. Very few specimens are identified such as "Beauforth Moth."
Physical Description1 itemBookplate of Carl Otto V. Kienbusch. Full leather binding, smooth back, gilt. On front pastedown, label "H.E. Goodhall, Manufacturer. Export and General Stationer. no. 9 Pancras Lane, Cheapside London."26 x 40 cm
Miscellaneous collection of 25 artificial flies and instructions therefore.
Physical Description1 itemBookplate of Carl Otto V. Kienbusch. Quarter leather binding stored in red wallet case with "Flies" and "C.O.v.K." stamped in gold on cover.26 x 40 cm
Consists primarily of additional correspondence.
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