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# Catalogue record: 4587 — Leibniz an Heinrich Julius von Blum
# Incipit: Inspectis literis meis, quaeres fortasse,
# Date: 1688-01-20
# Sender: Leibniz — Addressee: Blum
# Akademie-Ausgabe: AA I,5 N. 014
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# Title: LBr. 78 · Blum
# Folios: Bl. 1–4 (from the shelfmark LBr 78 Bl. 1-4): 8 pages, canvases 1–8, page ids DE-611-HS-959260:0001 to DE-611-HS-959260:0008
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Lettre de M. Leibaif
à M. le Baron de Blum, Conseiller de S. M. Imperiale, et Mer
du Conseil des Apels du Royaume de Boheme à Prague,
écrite de Suefbach le Jano. 1688. Nurnberg
Illastrissime Domine
Inspectis literis meis, quares fortasse, an parum audacis
esse putarim, scribere Tibi ignotum, nisi et alias literas cu-
ranctas adiecissem. Sed hacum fortasse inscriptio aliquid
poterit ad ex cusationem meam. Scio quam carus sis sere
nissimo Principi Frnesto, Hassiae Landgrauio; quam ille Tibi
Sum in Bohemia finibus Scribendum mihi est aliquid ad
Principem. Fu vero saepe illi literas destinas. Venit igitur
in mentem, favente hac occasione, viam aliquam affectare
ad notitiam tuam, qualem ego semper pretio sam putaui,
quo magis eruditio cum dignitate, osus rerum cum vir-
tute certant.
Ego nunc per Germaniam superiorem oberro iussu R mi
ac emi Principis mei, inquirendis rerum Guelficarum ve-
terum monumentis; qua causa nunc in Bauariam excur-
ram. Scis enim, Guelfos olim in Bauaria et Sueuia late
imperitasse, et a Guelto quodam Duce Bauariae Serenissimos
Brunsuicenses, Tuos meosque, sine controuersia in linea
recta masculina descendisse. Commendationes aulae nostrae
habeo. Sed plus aliquando in istis possunt notitia eruditorum,
quae

## Folio 1v — DE-611-HS-959260:0002
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quae mihi in Bavaria et vicinis locis plane desunt. Vtinam
regnat
R. P. Balbinus, qui in hoc studiorum genere, Te parario suc-
currere vellet peramicos. Duae Pigna Bucelinus et simi-
les excogitant potius quam inueniunt, mei similibus non
satisfaciunt. Didici in Mathematicis ingenio; in natura
experimentis; in Legibus divinis humanisque autoritate
in Historia testimoniis nitendum esse. Desidero inprimis
videre vetera exemplaria Anonymi de Guelfis, quem pri-
mus, quod sciam, Canisius edidit. Maxime autem lucem ali-
quam opto circa Maiores Azonis, Marchionis Ialorum F. sic
enim loquantur veteres: F, qui Henrici WV. temporibus in Gei-
maniam veniens duxit Cunizam, sororem Goelsi Ducis
Carentanorum. Guelfus sine liberis uivenis obiit, et
priorum Guelforum prosapiam clausit. A20 autem ex Cu-
niza filium sustulit Guelsum alium, avunculi cognomi-
nis successorem, primum postea ejus nominis stirpisque
Bauacorum Ducem, cujus paulo ante memini. Vides vis
summe, quantum mihi debenignitate Tua et celeberri-
mi Balbini pollicear, et etiam prima aggressime bene-
ficium petant. ( sed nota est mihi prmtitudo egregiorum
virorum in iuvandis studiis, et se ipse locus natalis fa-
ventem his consiliis faciet; Ta Balbinum. An porro
Vien-

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Viennam descensurus sim, petitum, auxilia ex Caesarea Bibli-
otheca, nondum satis ipse mecum constitui. Sed tuncmihi
recurrendum rursus erit ad patrocinium tuum. Innotue-
ram olim cancellario Hochero, viro summo, qui et nonnulla
mea Caesari monstrabat; sed nunc aditu careo.
Etistoriam aliquam rerum Brunsuicensium molior. Verum
si ad nostra tempora veniendum esset, optarem oniuer-
salius aliquid dare posse. Sed tunc maiori apparatu o-
pus erit, quam domui nostrae invenire possim. Htinam
aliquando exsurgeret aliquis, cui Caesareis Archiuis ad-
misso, dignam, aut potius, quia id nimium dictu est, non
indignam Leopoldo Historiam dare fas esset. Nam Gual-
dus, ni fallor, nec viuit amplius, nec fmultorum iudicio
mensuram impleuit.
De Republica ita arbitror, attigise nos tandem aliquando
videri felicia illa tempora, quae fata et pietas virtus-
que Leopoldi dudum pollicebantur. Faxit otinam;
Deus, ne quid mali ex Hispania nuntietur, eo enim
res rediit, ut salus Furopae cum fortuna otriusque
gentis Austriacae connexa censeatur.
Nummum Horibergae vidi nonnovixoi in losephi Regis
Hungariae haereditarii coronationem. In eo visitur effigies
noui

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noui Regis, cui imminent haec verba: dic Sergen commeu
aus dat Gangt Josephs. Gen. 49. Alo altera parte Impera-
tor coronam filio imponit, et supra legitur: Do Tosepho
partem, quam tuli de manu hostium in gladio Gen. 48.
Infra vero: LocephVs primVs In lafer loct atque SVper lort
RIngarta rCX, pIV arquArs arthlDVx avstetae. Peri
graphe nummi crassitiem circumdans ita habet: Dabo Lose-
pho et semini ejur terram hanc in possessionem sempiter-
nam. Gen. 48.
Quia nummi mentionem feci, non possum, quin dicam
rem monetariam eo perturbationis devenisse, ut si on-
quam, nunc certe valido remedio opus sit. Cuis enim
ferat florenos, immane quantum differentes, eodem loco
vulgo haberi. Ego in tanta relaxatione disciplinae publicae et
frauclandi procliccitate, non aliud presentius remedium video
quam si constituatur a Caesare atque imperii senatu, et acu
curate seruetur, ut imposterum omnis maiuscula mone-
ta ex puro argento cudatur, qualis ex officinis Hercy-
niae nostra ad aliquot usque centena thalerorum millia
quotannis prodit. Scio quosdam Bonetarios magistros
alibi multum reluctari solere; sed sui magis quam publi-
ci rationem habentet. Si simplex sit materia, omnia pon-
dere

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dere et magnitudine atque adeo sensibus transegentur
et sibi cuisque examinator esse potest, multaeque fraudes vno
idu abscindentura et, ut cunque Respublica de pretio num-
morum subinde constituere volet, nunquam fusione
noua sane damnosissima, opus erit, ad quam, ob immensa
colligatura metallorum discrimina, nunc otique erit de-
scendendum omnisque illa colluures igni relinquenda, si
tandem aliquando finem malo quaerimus. Arclio, id agi-
tari, ut in Caesareis ditionibus, refusis illis malis numes
sus extraneis, nouum genus monetae cudatur. Qual
si ita est, optandum esset, rem Casari gloriosissimam
suggeri, ut sincerum argentum adhibeatur.
Ego aliquid operae olim in talibus pariter ac rebus foi-
narum posui. E+ aliquando Bohemiae vestrae vicinaeque
Saxoniae metalla adire decreui. Interim nosse optarem
quae sit Bohemicorum gubernatio, qui praefecti? Accepi,
Celsessimum principem, Acchiepiscopum ragensem, in ha-
reditario solo dites quasdam venas aperirisse; multaque
praterea praeclara mihi de virtute ejus et rerum cogni-
tione maxima sunt relata. Sed ego longius excurro,
quam

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quam par sit. Hoc vrum adiiciam si mandata aliqua tua
accipere dignus videar, posse ea mitti sulsbacum (ubi
mihi transeundum erit) hac inscriptione:
A Monsieur
Monsceur Leibniz, Conseiller Aulique de S. A. 5.
d’osnabruc et Bronsuic Lunebourg.
a Subzbach chez
Mons. Knore de Rosenroth Mi-
nistre d’Estat de S. A. 5.
quod superest vale, faueque et ignosce celebralissimi
nominis tui virtutum que cultori obsequentissimo
9. G. L

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