Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere Manuscript in German and etc. #6
Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere Manuscript in German and etc.
Opening bid: P 750,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Makati City
Lot 101 of the Leon Gallery auction on 10 September 2016. For more information, please see www.leon-gallery.com .
There is no doubt that history has marked our National Hero’s place in the echelons of the nation’s generation of champions because of one published novel, the Noli me Tangere. But the complete story cannot be written if other peculiar and peripheral materials are not considered. This controversial book was primarily written in German, and has also made a lasting impact on Europeans. Here are some primary Spanish Colonial Period letters, books and an unpublished manuscript translation of the Noli in German.
(1) Undated letter in Spanish on watermarked paper “O C F. Paris” addressed to Jose Rizal from a friend while he was in France. There are very few remaining primary documents and letters addressed to, and touched by National Hero Jose Rizal still kept in private hands. The majority of these letters were acquired by the Philippine Government after Legislative Act 2021 was passed on January 26, 1911.
(2) Congratulatory letter for the Noli me Tangere sent from Berlin, Germany on May 25, 1887 by a certain W. Raj after Jose Rizal left, congratulating him in German for the Tagalog novel Noli me Tangere. This date marks the time when the printing press released the undated book.
(3) Letter of appreciation addressed to Paciano Mercado on official stationery of Intendencia Gral. de Hacienda in Binondo, Manila and dated June 6, 1887 regarding the complimentary copy of the Noli me Tangere. The letter took note that a book dealer in Manila by the name of Manuel Arias y Rodriguez was selling 100 copies of the book. This letter is historically significant because it dates the arrival of the famous novel in Manila when government officials were even afforded complimentary copies.
(4) El Amigo de los Niños by Abate Sabater and translated by Juan Escoiquiz, published in Manila by Agencia Editorial de Manuel Arias Rodriguez in 1896.
(5) Siluetas Filipinas by Ximeno Ximénez published in Madrid by Libreria de Robles y Compañia in 1887. It is interesting to read another version of the Philippine situation that came out during the same year the Noli me Tangere was released.
(6) Undated 234 manuscript pages consisting of the unpublished translation of Jose Rizal’s novel Noli me Tangere in German with a new title In the Land of the Monks. The first page indicates the translators as Henri Lucas and Ramon Sempon. Together with the black knotted folio, the paper used is of the late 19th century vintage.
Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere Manuscript in German and etc. #6
Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere Manuscript in German and etc.
Opening bid: P 750,000
Provenance:
Private Collection, Makati City
Lot 101 of the Leon Gallery auction on 10 September 2016. For more information, please see www.leon-gallery.com .
There is no doubt that history has marked our National Hero’s place in the echelons of the nation’s generation of champions because of one published novel, the Noli me Tangere. But the complete story cannot be written if other peculiar and peripheral materials are not considered. This controversial book was primarily written in German, and has also made a lasting impact on Europeans. Here are some primary Spanish Colonial Period letters, books and an unpublished manuscript translation of the Noli in German.
(1) Undated letter in Spanish on watermarked paper “O C F. Paris” addressed to Jose Rizal from a friend while he was in France. There are very few remaining primary documents and letters addressed to, and touched by National Hero Jose Rizal still kept in private hands. The majority of these letters were acquired by the Philippine Government after Legislative Act 2021 was passed on January 26, 1911.
(2) Congratulatory letter for the Noli me Tangere sent from Berlin, Germany on May 25, 1887 by a certain W. Raj after Jose Rizal left, congratulating him in German for the Tagalog novel Noli me Tangere. This date marks the time when the printing press released the undated book.
(3) Letter of appreciation addressed to Paciano Mercado on official stationery of Intendencia Gral. de Hacienda in Binondo, Manila and dated June 6, 1887 regarding the complimentary copy of the Noli me Tangere. The letter took note that a book dealer in Manila by the name of Manuel Arias y Rodriguez was selling 100 copies of the book. This letter is historically significant because it dates the arrival of the famous novel in Manila when government officials were even afforded complimentary copies.
(4) El Amigo de los Niños by Abate Sabater and translated by Juan Escoiquiz, published in Manila by Agencia Editorial de Manuel Arias Rodriguez in 1896.
(5) Siluetas Filipinas by Ximeno Ximénez published in Madrid by Libreria de Robles y Compañia in 1887. It is interesting to read another version of the Philippine situation that came out during the same year the Noli me Tangere was released.
(6) Undated 234 manuscript pages consisting of the unpublished translation of Jose Rizal’s novel Noli me Tangere in German with a new title In the Land of the Monks. The first page indicates the translators as Henri Lucas and Ramon Sempon. Together with the black knotted folio, the paper used is of the late 19th century vintage.