J. Joachim. Collection of Joachim memorabilia, mostly late C19th to early C20th

Joseph Joachim

Collection of Joachim memorabilia, including:

5 PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS of Joachim, one with Franz v. Vecscy (1903); 2 copies of a print of a drawing by Eduard Einschlag showing Joachim on his deathbed (15 August 1907), 19.5 x 24cm, and 2 prints of drawings of Joachim after death by E. Nelson (18 August 1907), 15.5 x 18.5cm and 16.5 x 21cm, laid down; 2 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY JOACHIM to Johannes Schulze, and one inscribed visiting card; 8 autograph letters signed by Amalie Joachim, mostly to Johannes Schulze, and one inscribed visiting card; 1 autograph letter signed, on a correspondence card, by Johannes Joachim (son of Joseph Joachim, 1864-c.1949); OVER 180 PRINTED CONCERT PROGRAMMES, including for concerts of the Joachim quartet, c.1895-1931; a manuscript copy of an address delivered on 1 March 1889 by Philipp Spitta on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Joachim's performing début, 6 pages; 2 copies of the printed 3-page poem "Joseph Joachim Zur Erinnerung an den 17. März 1839" by Herman Grimm, dated 4 April 1899; a printed menu on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Joachim's professional début; 4 printed copies of the address delivered at Joachim's burial on 19 August 1907 ("Zum Gedächtnis Joseph Joachims"), black-edged wrappers; two printed addresses on the occasion of the funeral and memorial service for Robert Hausmann (1909); a printed invitation for Professor J. Schulze and his wife to the unveiling of the Joachim memorial, 5 June 1913; and many other items 

over 260 items in all, various sizes, newspaper cuttings, two copies of the Illustrirte Zeitung for 22 August 1907, early twentieth-century folder with gilt lettering ("Erinnerungen an Joseph Joachim"), Berlin and elsewhere, mostly late nineteenth to early twentieth century

A treasure trove of Joachim-related items formerly belonging to his great friend, the Berlin pianist and composer Ernst Rudorff - including a number of items relating to the 60th anniversary of Joachim's professional début on 17 March 1839 in Pest. Rudorff, who died in 1916, outlived the great violinist by nine years.