May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 274

Unsold
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
MEYERBEER, GIACOMO. Letter Signed, "Meyerbeer," to "Sir," in French, arranging to have a medal sent to an associate which was awarded to Meyerbeer by the Royal Commission [of the Great London Exposition of 1862]. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; horizontal folds, faint toning to edges. Berlin, 24 April 1864

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"I have received the letter . . . in which you announce to me that the Royal Commission of the London Exposition sent you a medal for me, which you have not been able to send to me, because the mail service refused to accept it. Please have the goodness to give this medal to Monsieur Louis Brandeis, at the music store of Messieurs Brandeis and Dufour, No 1, Boulevard des Italiens, who will see that it gets to me."