PUCCINI, GIACOMO. Autograph Letter Signed, "Giacomo," to his brother-in-law Raffaello Franceschini ("Dear Raff"), in Italian, urging him to ignore his wife and come hunting. 1 page, 8vo, personal lettercard stationery; horizontal folds, address panel in holograph on verso with cancelled 15-centesimi postage stamp. Torre del Lago, 28 December 1908
"Don't believe your wife: everything she says is exaggerated . . . . You are a ninny to take Rameldi's jokes seriously! Come, O Wilhelm Tell, O Der Freischütz, O David of the slingshot, O Buffalo Bill, O Tartarin of the Valdinievole, come to the lake . . . come, it'll give me a great pleasure--do something good for me and yourself--I'll expect you there."
