Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [Paris], 6 July [1841] and London, 14 January 1848, to his sister Nanci Pal in Grenoble, 1841-1848.

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Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [Paris], 6 July [1841] and London, 14 January 1848, to his sister Nanci Pal in Grenoble, 1841-1848.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270900078

Saying [in 1841] that he has been busy with the staging of [Weber's] Freischütz, that "Il s'agit maintenant d'écrire mon grand diable d'opéra de La Nonne sanglante" (Scribe has only sent Act 1)--, mentioning Germain Delavigne, [Eugène] Sue's Mathilde, etc.; complaining [in 1848] about [Louis] Jullien--"Nous sommes ici dans une débâcle effroyable"--Mentioning the death of "ce pauvre Mendelssohn l'idole des Anglais," Henriette [i.e. Harriet Smithson], Grimblot, etc.

2 items (3 p., with integral address leaves) ; (12mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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