Item #36611 Autograph Letter, signed ("G Puccini"), to Sybil [Seligman]. Giacomo Puccini.

Puccini to his Mistress on “Madam Butterfly”

Autograph Letter, signed ("G Puccini"), to Sybil [Seligman].

Torre del Lago, Toscana: 1 October 1907.

Price: $3,500.00


About the item

1 p., ink on blue imprinted stationery, with envelope addressed to “Sybil Seligman, 7 Upper Grosvenor Str, London W”. 1 vols. 8vo. Puccini to his Mistress on “Madam Butterfly”. Professionally double-matted with an early photographic portrait, envelope preserved on verso, slightly faded, else fine. Vincent Seligman, Puccini Among Friends.

Item #36611

A fine letter by the composer of Madam Butterfly to his mistress Sybil Seligman, “Cara Sybil,” in receipt of a telegram concerning press notices as the opera is being acclaimed all over Europe — “veramente fulmineo”.