Albert SCHWEITZER (inscribed to Adèle HERRENSCHMIDT)
The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Adam & Charles Black|London [Londres [London]] 1910|14.4 x 22.6 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
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Adèle HERRENSCHMIDT
Born1854
Died19..
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrance
Adèle Herrenschmidt was born in Paris in 1854 into a family of Alsatian origin. She founded and ran a prosperous boarding school for young ladies in Neuilly-sur-Seine, and later in Paris itself, dedicated to teaching French to foreign students. In the 1890s, she met the young Albert Schweitzer, then a student of theology and philosophy as well as a pupil of Charles-Marie Widor. She invited him to teach courses on music and German literature at her establishment. This meeting marked the beginning of a lasting friendship that would span more than half a century. Schweitzer affectionately nicknamed her "Tata." They made a habit of spending two to three weeks of vacation together each year in Grimmialp, in the Bernese Oberland. They also stayed in Fribourg, and Adèle Herrenschmidt took cures in Gunsbach and Munster. Schweitzer sometimes acted as her medical advisor and general practitioner. Adèle Herrenschmidt had several nieces, including Marcelle, Elzeth, and Andrée, who married the painter-engraver Nicolas Eekman and was Albert Schweitzer's goddaughter.
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Presentation copy with further annotations by the author to A.H.: Adèle Herrenschmidt Albert SCHWEITZER (Johann Sebastian BACH)J.S. Bach
Breitkopf & Härtel|Leipzig 1908|15.5 x 23.4 cm|ReliéFirst German edition, in part original, of this work devoted to one of Albert Schweitzer's intellectual guides, Johann Sebastian Bach, which he began in 1903 at the age of 28, at the suggestion of the preface's author, his organ professor Charles-Marie Widor. The first edition was published in 1905 in French with 455 pages. The First German edition, recognized by several scholars as constituting an entirely new work, considerably different from the previous edition, appeared in 1908 with 844 pages.
Copy enriched with a precious ink inscription to Adèle Herrenschmidt, on the verso of the first portrait of Bach, by Albert Schweitzer: "to A. H. / In memory of Grimmi and Celerina / Albert." (our own translation)
Contemporary German Bradel binding in half white vellum, smooth spine, title in pen, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved. Fine condition.
A 5 cm tear slightly affecting the text on p. 713, a small fold to the lower right corner of p. 715, a few other minor marginal tears.
Illustrated edition with a portrait of the composer as frontispiece, a second portrait, and three further plates within the text.
Autograph annotations by Albert Schweitzer in ink in the upper margins appear on pp. 5, 51, 398, 467, 673, 683, 699, 745, and 763:
- P. 5: "Pag. 4–50: Grimmialp – August 1906"
- P. 51: "Pag. 50–80. Baden (Switzerland): September 1906"
- P. 398: "Pag. 398–449: Günsbach: Sept. October 1907"
- P. 467: "Pag. 466–510: ?bleu [illegible] und Celerina. 20 August 1907 – Sept."
- P. 673: "Celerina. August 1907"
- P. 683: "Celerina. August 1907"
- P. 699: "Günsbach: August 1907"
- P. 745: "S. 744–762 Celerina Sept. 07"
- P. 763: "763 ff. Günsbach 08" (our own translation)
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