PAGANINI, NICOLÒ. EXTRAORDINARY AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO SEVERINI

explaining that he has been confined to bed with a chill and cannot play the violin which is a scourge for him, explaining that he hopes to be better to meet the “God” Rossini 1 page, 8vo, integral autograph address leaf, traces of red, papered seal, no place [Paris], 6 April 1832

L'attuale flagello sul...Me mi allontana dal piacere di suonare, e ne sono veramente rammaricato; ne sò quando sarò ristabilito dalla pena che provo per un raffredo[re] orribile acquistato da poccheti giorni, e che mi obbliga al letto... A noteworthy feature of this letter is the extraordinarily underlined “Me” which is prefixed by an undecipherable symbol which presumably meant something to the recipient. Paganini was a great friend of Rossini in Paris.