Description: "THOU COMEST IN SUCH A QUESTIONABLE SHAPE" MANN, THOMAS. Autograph Letter Signed, to Michael Weyl, in German and English, sending condolences after the death of his mother [Helene, wife of mathematician Hermann Weyl] and quoting a line from Hamlet. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; faint staining in upper margin, folds. – Pacific Palisades, 10 September 1948
Footnote: ". . . With all our hearts, we express our sympathy to your dear father and to you . . . for this bitter loss. The grief at Princeton and wherever your noble mother was known will be great. I personally . . have lost a skeptical, smart and critical observer . . . 'Thou comest in such a questionable shape [in English]'--who would not say it!"