CARUSO ENRICO Autograph Letter Signed to Senator Silvio Bert

Sale 2543 - Lot 123

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TO FORMER MAYOR OF FLORENCE WEEKS BEFORE DEATH CARUSO, ENRICO. Autograph Letter Signed, to Senator Silvio Berti ("Illustrious Senator"), in Italian, thanking for kind wishes and hoping to recover soon. 1 1/2 pages, small 8vo, "Hôtel du Vésuve / Hôtel Vittoria" stationery, written on the first and terminal pages of a folded sheet; faint uneven toning affecting signature page, folds. With the original envelope, addressed in holograph with a cancelled 50-pfennig postage stamp, and on verso, holograph return address at the New York Met additionally signed with 5 mostly intact wax seals bearing Caruso's monogram. [Naples], 17 June 1921

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"Thank you for your kind wishes which I greatly appreciated and for which I am grateful. My health progresses every day and I hope to be completely recovered in a few weeks."