Autograph letter signed, dated : Wiesbaden, 10 September 1841, "dopo il concerto," to Adelaide Rubini in Paris, 1841 Sept. 10.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : Wiesbaden, 10 September 1841, "dopo il concerto," to Adelaide Rubini in Paris, 1841 Sept. 10.

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Saying that a number of Viennese ladies and gentlemen were at his concert that evening, among them Prince Me[t]ternich, who wants Rubini to visit the next day, that Metternich took Rubini's arm in view of the everybody and shook his hand often, saying that the country [Germany] is a true delight ("una vera dilizia"), that he will not die content without her having seen it, promising to write from Frankfurt, where he will be on Sunday, etc.; there is a small hole in the letter, and a few words of the text are missing.

1 item (2 p., with integral address leaf) ; (4to)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Rubini, Gio. Battista (Giovanni Battista), 1794-1854

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Rubini, Adelaide,

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