Salomon Heine, Joseph Mendelssohn, Hamburg 1845. Salomon was the uncle of Heinrich Heine. Portrait of Salomon, 36 ...

Salomon Heine, Joseph Mendelssohn, Hamburg 1845. Salomon was the uncle of Heinrich Heine. Portrait of Salomon, 36 pages + original soft covers. 21 x 14 cm. 200 grams. Old condition. Salomon Heine (19 October 1767 – 23 December 1844) was a merchant and banker in Hamburg. Heine was born in Hanover. Penniless, he came to Hamburg in 1784 and in the following years acquired sizeable assets. It was common knowledge at the time that he was benefactor and patron to his nephew Heinrich Heine. Salomon Heine let young Heinrich Heine work and learn at his Hamburg bank Heckscher & Co. and eventually offered Heinrich a position with the cloth company Harry Heine & Comp. Heinrich though, who had fallen in love with Salomon's daughter Amalie, devoted himself chiefly to poetry and took very little interest in business. Soon he had to declare bankruptcy. Salomon Heine was angered by his nephew choosing poetry as a way of life, in which he himself saw no money. His disapproval became apparent in the dictum: "Hätt er gelernt was Rechtes, müsst er nicht schreiben Bücher (Had he learned something proper he needed not write books)." Nonetheless, Salomon paid for Heinrich's studies in Jurisprudence and until his death he regularly granted Heinrich financial aid. family pedigree genealogy משפחה יוחסין גניאולוגיה