326 - Gabelsberger, Franz Xaver. Short handwritten note. The father of modern shorthand, inventor of one of the most important European systems

Gabelsberger, Franz Xaver. Short handwritten note. The father of modern shorthand, inventor of one of the most important European systems Gabelsberger, Franz Xaver. Short autograph note, 50 x 50 mm, with a few lines written in the shorthand system devised by the author, a Bavarian politician and civil servant considered one of the fathers of modern shorthand. Developed beginning in 1817 and published in 1834, his system—based on symbols derived from cursive writing—became widely used in Germany and throughout Europe, profoundly influencing the development of professional shorthand. The sheet is mounted in an old frame, 260 × 210 mm, with a printed inscription in gold lettering at the bottom reading “Manuscript by Gabelsberger dedicated to the Tuscan Shorthand Institute by Cost. Noske.” The lot also includes three portraits of the author. An autograph by the inventor of one of Europe’s most influential shorthand systems