Salis-Seewis, Johann Gaudenz von, Swiss poet and statesman, lived temporarily as a Swiss guard in Paris (1762-1834). Eigh. Letter m. U. "J. G. von Salis. 4 S. Ink with gold dust. Double leaf. 8vo. Paris 19.I.1786. To Johann Gottlieb Kahlert, former educator in Graubünden, now private scholar in Wroclaw, father of the writer August Kahlet. Kahlert had sent Salis-Seewis a description of his trip to Switzerland. Salis is pleased with Kahlert's intention to start a new trip only in the spring, because he himself intended to visit Kahlet in Wroclaw. "... Your departure would deprive me of some pleasant hours during my future semester; and at the same time, the courtment would deceive you to see in Paris. - Who knows if? and who? I come to Wrocław ... Your journey to the Veltlin made me eager for the fortsezung; I followed you to Cleven, but only on the flails of imagination. - The nayade of the Rheinstrohms was certainly unhappy; the bad weather deprived them of fame, a mechanical description of their source. - I live in the middle of Paris. Nevertheless, my days look quite similar. - I visit the spectacle 2 or 3 times a month. I saw Ariadne the other day, and dabey thought about you a lot. Kapellmeister Reichard[t], from Berlin was here almost all winter. He is working on an opera for the local theatre. - I have, of course, made various statements; some of them are quite interesting, among others the famous Marquis de Mirabeau. The izt in Berlin is where the king called him. Lavater had also provided me with recommitment letters to some scholars, whose account he made on their journeys in Zurich. - I, on the other hand, lost a pre-referential man in Friedel. He died of consumption. If I were able to deliver something worthy of him, I would have reported his death in a journal... Its library is to be auctioned; An opportunity to buy the best German works at a later stage! If I had money (which, of course, is not!), I would seek to complete my small poets' collection ..." - From the Wilhelm Künzel Collection. - Rare.