Oct 10, 2019 - Sale 2519

Sale 2519 - Lot 143

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO. Autograph Letter Signed, "G. Rossini," to composer Gaetano Braga, in French, inviting him to dine and perform with his cello. 1/2 page, small 4to, with integral address leaf addressed in his hand; identification in red pencil at upper left recto, faint scattered foxing, folds, remnants of prior hinging along center vertical fold. "Passy" [Paris], 29 August 1860
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In full: "If you have the good intention of spending the day with me, come next Saturday to eat two macaronis at 6:15, if then (as is your custom) you wish to delight some friends with your enchanting cello you will do me a great favor and be entitled to my gratitude."