Keller, Gottfried, Swiss writer, one of the most important German-speaking narrators of the 19th century. Jhdts (1819-1890). Eigh. Letter from the U.S. "Gottfried Keller". 1 p. Double sheet with address and varnish seal. Gr. 4to. Zurich 20.VIII.1845. To Mr Ott-Usteri. "... They have shown me a certain unmotivated recognition in a way that in turn, deeply ashamed, obliges me to express my heartfelt thanks. A part of your beautiful gift has recently shown me your work and thus all the value, the encouragement of such men for me must have. Their kind allusion to 1940 I must repeat with the pious desire that my little private hopes may arise in the fulfilment of general and great hopes! ...". - Small marginal lassitude in the address page from the opening of the seal.