123 - Rainer Maria Rilke. Handwritten letter with signature. Heiligendamm, August 2, 1913. One page.

Rainer Maria Rilke. Handwritten letter with signature. Heiligendamm, August 2, 1913. One page. Call time: approx. 1:11 p.m. (schedule subject to change) To Insel-Verlag, Leipzig. — “Dear Sir, please find enclosed the proofs for the almanac, reviewed and returned. Thank you for the previous shipments and follow-up mailings; for the next one, I will remain here at the same (above) address.” - The “Insel Almanac for the Year 1914,” published in the fall of 1913, contained Rilke’s poems “Christ’s Descent into Hell” and “Emmaus,” as well as his translation of J. P. Jacobsen’s poem “Arabesque on a Sketch by Michelangelo.” All three were written in the spring of 1913 and were proofread by Rilke during his stay on the Baltic Sea at the Grand Hotel Heiligendamm in the first half of August 1913, bringing them to print-ready condition. - Supplement: Insel-Almanach for the Year 1914. Leipzig [1913]. With plates and text illustrations. Light blue original paperback with decorations by Walter Tiemann. - Letter and book in a case custom-made for the previous owner, with oleograph cover linings and dark blue velvet lining. Mises 422. - Schnack, Chronicle 426, 429, 435, and 442 Letter with stapling holes and a smoothed center fold. English description: Heiligendamm, August 2, 1913. One page. To Insel-Verlag, Leipzig. - “Dear Sir, please find enclosed the proofs for the almanac, which I have reviewed and returned. Thank you for the previous shipments and follow-up mailings; for the time being, I will remain here at the same (above) address.” — The “Insel Almanac for the Year 1914,” published in the fall of 1913, contained Rilke’s poems “Christ’s Descent into Hell” and “Emmaus,” as well as his translation of J. P. Jacobsen’s poem “Arabesque on a Sketch by Michelangelo.” All three were written in the spring of 1913 and were proofread by Rilke during his stay on the Baltic Sea at the Grand Hotel Heiligendamm in the first half of August 1913, bringing them to a state ready for printing. - Supplement: Insel-Almanach für das Jahr 1914. Leipzig [1913]. With plates and text illustrations. Original light blue paperback with decorations by Walter Tiemann. - The letter and book are housed in a slipcase custom-made for the previous owner, featuring oleograph cover linings and a dark blue velvet lining. A letter with staple holes and a smoothed center fold.