VERDI, GIUSEPPE. THREE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED TO GENERAL CORVETTO

acknowledging receipt of a document relating to the Opera Society of Busseto, Verdi’s birthplace, urging him to visit S. Agata, relaying the good wishes of his wife and Barberina, expressing his abounding joy at a visit to Montecatini, exclaiming that though his wife has a bad leg, she leapt for joy and describing their solitary lives at S.Agata Che gioia! che gioia!...malgrado la sua gamba, ha fatto un gran salto…La ringrazio di tutto profondamente. Son ben contento ch’Ella abbia Saputo, con tanta buona grazia, superare le noje di Sa Agata nelle poche ore che le piacque regalarci… 6 pages, 8vo, a little spotting and foxing, integrals blank, 2 with autograph envelopes stamped and postmarked, S. Agata, Busseto and Genoa, 1 September 1891 to December 1895