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Published by Vienna, 17 Nov. 1855., 1855
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Folio. ½ p. A receipt for the Imperial Court's Disbursements Bureau: confirms having received her monthly apanage of 8333 guilders and 20 kreuzers (her allowance for November 1855 out of a guaranteed yearly "Spenadelgeld" of 100,000 guilders). These funds, essentially the Empress's allowance for all her private expenditures, had formed an explicit part of the marriage contract. This is a particularly early example, signed but one and a half years after her wedding with Emperor Franz Joseph. - Folded; archival notes. Very rare: the records of the Court's Disbursements Bureau were discarded in 1923.
Published by No place, 1848., 1848
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Art / Print / Poster Signed
Single sheet, ca. 191 x 232 mm. The drawing shows a simple farmhouse built of wood and stone, signed and dated in the artist's own hand on the verso: "Elise. 1848". At the time, Elisabeth, later famous as "Sisi", Empress of Austria, was ten years old and lived at Possenhofen Castle on Lake Starnberg. - Minor stains and a little browned. Provenance: House of Wittelsbach (former Royal Family of Bavaria).
Published by Gastein, 21 Aug. 1886., 1886
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
8vo. 2 pp. on a bifolium. In German. With printed letterhead of the "Villa Meran". Kind words written from Gastein, where she was spending her summer holidays, to the just-departed German Emperor Wilhelm I, whom Franz Joseph met in Gastein, Salzburg or Ischl almost every year since 1871, in spite of the fact the neither ruler felt very kindly toward the other (cf. Vocelka, Franz Joseph I [2015], p. 244): "Would your Majesty permit me to send you these flowers from our Alps, in remembrance of the happy hours which I had the enjoyment of spending here with you. I remain in fond love, your Majesty's much devoted Elisabeth". - Archduke Johann had the Villa Meran built for the frequent summer sojourns he spent there with his wife Anna Plochl; Elisabeth used the Villa, which boasted its own hot springs, from 1886 onwards.
Published by Possenhofen, Lauterbach, Geretshausen, Oberzeismering and other places, ca. 1845., 1845
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Art / Print / Poster Signed
8vo. Ca. 42 sketches (3 of which watercoloured) and 2 texts on 30 ff. Original marbled boards with pencil sheath. Charming sketchbook used by the young Bavarian duchess Elisabeth, containing numerous landscapes and architectural drawings, sketches of pets as well as caricatures and portraits, especially of her sisters. Also, there is an amusing piece of doggerel ("In Lautenbach habe ich mein Strumpf verloren / Und ohne Strumpf geh ich nicht heim ."; "In Lautenbach I lost my stocking, and lacking it, will not go home ."), a diary entry of sorts, and a draft for a congratulatory card, "signed Elisabeth", for her younger brother Carl Theodor's name day. - The sketchbook provides a rare and often humorous glimpse of Elisabeth's childhood in Possenhofen. Her love of nature is evident in the several talented tree sketches she prepared at various places throughout Bavaria. A collector's annotation in pencil records that the book was preserved among the personal effects of Countess Camilla von Otting, who served as governess in the ducal household: "Kindliches Zeichenbuch der späteren Kaiserin Elisabeth v Oesterreich Herzogin in Bayern stammt aus dem Nachlass der Gräfin Camilla v Otting ihrer Erzieherin und Hofdame". - Binding a little rubbed, showing occasional delicate repairs. Light browning and staining, but altogether a fine survival.