Editing Brothers Grimm (section)

=== Kassel ===
Jacob found full-time employment in 1808 when he was appointed court librarian to the [[Jérôme Bonaparte|King of Westphalia]] and went on to become a librarian in Kassel.<ref name="Pitt">{{cite web |last=Ashliman |first=D.L |title=Grimm Brothers Home Page |author-link=D. L. Ashliman|url=http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html |publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh]] |access-date=11 March 2012 }}</ref> After their mother's death that year, he became fully responsible for his younger siblings. He arranged and paid for his brother [[Ludwig Emil Grimm|Ludwig]]'s studies at art school and for Wilhelm's extended visit to [[Halle (Westfalen)|Halle]] to seek treatment for heart and respiratory ailments, after which Wilhelm joined Jacob as librarian in Kassel<ref name="Z(1988)2ff" /> At Brentano's request, the brothers had begun collecting folk tales in a cursory manner in 1807.<ref>{{Harvnb|Zipes|2014|p=xxiv}}</ref> According to Zipes, at this point "the Grimms were unable to devote all their energies to their research and did not have a clear idea about the significance of collecting folk tales in this initial phase."<ref name="Z(1988)2ff" />

During their employment as librarians—which paid little but afforded them ample time for research—the brothers experienced a productive period of scholarship, publishing books between 1812 and 1830.<ref name="Z218ff">{{Harvnb|Zipes|2000|pp=218–219}}</ref> In 1812 they published their first volume of 86 folk tales, {{lang|de|Kinder- und Hausmärchen}}, followed quickly by two volumes of German legends and a volume of early literary history.<ref name="Pitt" /> They went on to publish works about [[Danish folklore|Danish]] and [[Irish mythology|Irish]] folk tales (and also [[Norse mythology]]), while continuing to edit the German folk tale collection. These works became so widely recognized that the brothers received honorary doctorates from universities in [[Marburg]], [[Berlin]], and Breslau (now [[Wrocław]]).<ref name="Z218ff" />