H. C. Andersen: Dagbog paa en Tydsklandsreise (Diary on a Journey to Germany). 1831.
The Collin Manuscript Collection, Collin 30 4º

P. 7: ”Ved Solens Opgang blev vor Vogn pyntet med grønne Grene.” (At sunrise our carriage was decorated with green branches)	P. 35: ”En lille Flod bugtede sig med Landeveien, mellem de bratte Bjergsider. Der laae en Bro og en Mølle der tog sig deilig ud.” (A small river was winding along the road between the steep mountainsides. There were a bridge and a mill that looked lovely)	Drawing of H.C. Andersen by Fritz Jürgensen (1818-1863). 20.5 x 13.1 cm. (Department of Maps, Prints, and Photographs, Da. Portr. 4º)

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) wrote this diary on his first journey abroad, to the Harz in 1831. It contains lively portrayals of people, places, and his own moods accompanied by his own sketches. “Ved Solens Opgang blev vor Vogn pyntet med grønne Grene” (At sunrise our carriage was decorated with green branches), he recounts from Lüneburg.
The diary formed the basis of the travel book Skyggebilleder af en Reise til Harzen (Silhouette of a Journey to the Harz), which was published later that year. The diary, together with other Andersen manuscripts belonging to his benefactor Jonas Collin, was given to the Royal Library in 1905.

20.5 x 13 cm.

See the entire diary on the website of the Manuscript and Rare Books Department H.C. Andersen: Diary on a Journey to Germany 1831 (only in Danish).
And learn more about H.C. Andersen on the website of the Royal Library Hans Christian Andersen online.

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