Lot 47
  • 47

Italian Composers.

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Collection of autograph letters and photographs, signed by Nicola Zingarelli, Giovanni Pacini, Saverio Mercadante, and Lorenzo Perosi
  • paper
ZINGARELLI. Letter to Pietro Solimante (advising him to work in Rome rather than Naples and describing the ill health of Chicca), 1 page, 4to, autograph address leaf, Naples, 19 April 1814—PACINI, carte-de-visite photograph signed (“G.Pacini”) and inscribed below the image to T. Martini (see inside front cover), by Anton Hautmann of Florence, 10.3 x 6.2mm, [c.1858-1862])—MERCADANTE. Two letters to G. Ciandelle and G. Cipolla (a letter of presentation for Antonio Gibertini and asking to change the date of an invitation), 3 pages, 4to & 8vo, autograph address leaves, Naples, 24 July 1842 and 9 January 1861—PEROSI. Letter, enclosing a publication, 1 page, 8vo, Venice, 12 February, no year

Condition

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