Autograph letter signed Castelmary to an unidentified female correspondent

by Armand Castelmary

$220 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

3 pp. of a bifolium. Octavo. Dated London, July 1889. In black ink on patterned paper. With an autograph self-caricature of Castelmary in costume as the Duke under which are written the Duke's lines, Eh! quoi?.... toujours du sang!!!, What's this? Always blood!! from the third act of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. In French with translation .Castelmary playfully accepts his correspondent's invitation, and sends his greetings to a certain Mrs. Mayzoni ? and everyone

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