Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English and Continental Literature

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PUCCINI, GIACOMO. FINE EARLY CABINET PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HIM IN INK

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Description

  • Fine early cabinet photograph, showing the young composer full face with white tie, signed and inscribed by him in ink “Agli amici Cesari & Passati Ricordo di G.Puccini Torino carnevale [18]93”
6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, by Pagliano and Ricordi, Milan

Catalogue Note

Puccini was in Turin in February 1893 for the premiere of Manon Lescaut, the first of his major operas.