Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English and Continental Literature

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Lot 202
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PUCCINI, GIACOMO. UNBUTTONED AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

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Description

  • Unbuttoned autograph letter signed (“G.Puccini”), written in a boisterous style to a friend (“Caro Sverginatore d’organi dilatati”)
giving his news of his musical and other activities (“Ci sono gran progetti di opere e d’affari!”), but the majority of the letter refers to women, sexual behaviour and double entendres 4 pages, large 8vo, on the headed notepaper of the Ristorante Gambrinus, with vignette, Milan, 2 February 1905

Catalogue Note

The recipient of this racy letter is unknown.