Althof, Ludwig Christoph, doctor, lecturer in Göttingen, general physician and biographer Gottfried August Bürgers, from 1801 Hofrat in Dresden, personal physician of the King of Saxony and general physician Ludwig Tiecks (1758-1832). Eigh. Letter from the U.S. "Althof". 3/4 p. folio. Göttingen 14.VI.1794. To the publisher Johann Christian Dieterich in Göttingen, whom he asks for an advance for a publication. "... You would show me ... a very great favor if you wanted to advance me at least 130 Rthl. at the same time on the translation (the imprint of which can be completed in a few weeks) which will be between 45 and 50 sheets in the least. I need this sum necessary to supplement a capital which I have promised in these days to assure unwisely, and I have reckoned so much on your inclined and friendly will that it would, in fact, put me in great embarrassment if you took this pleasure away from me. As soon as the translation is fully printed, we want to calculate ourselves immediately because of the possible surplus ...". - This year, Althof became extraordinary professor of medicine at the University of Göttingen. - Stock stain.