Autograph letter signed.
8vo. 1 p. on bifolium. With autograph address.
$489.00
Charming letter to the music historian and biographer of Federico and Luigi Ricci, Franz de Villars, quoting a telegram of a member of the Ricordi family of publishers, probably Tito I, that was written to congratulate Ricci on a successfull performance of his 1869 opera "Une Folie à Rome" and announcing a dinner with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Persuadé de vous faire plaisir, je vous envois la copie du télégramme que Gaudier vient de recevoir.
Mr. Gaudier 21 Rue Choisseuil Paris. Hier Folie Scène [?] succès complet. Termini, Bottero magnifiquement. Final bissé. Donner nouvelle à Ricci. Ricordi - Je vais diner chez Mr. Korsakoff. À revoir, donc, demain." - On stationery with printed monogram. With a tear to the blank leaf.
