Auction 05 December 2023 Autographs Letters and Historical Documents - Mayfair, London

Bid on the lot list L'Autographe Auctions : 05 December 2023 - <p><strong>Auction 1-2023</strong></p><p>AUTOGRAPH, LETTERS &amp; HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS</p><p>05 December 2023 – 12pm GMT</p><p><strong>Preview</strong></p><p>04th December 2023</p><p>Receiving from10am to 5pm</p><p><strong>Address</strong> </p><p>L’Autographe Auctions</p><p>13 Hanover Square</p><p>Mayfair, London W1S 1HN</p><p>+44 203 535 0363</p><p><a href="mailto:hello+uk@lautographe.auction" rel="noopener noreferrer">hello@lautographe.auction</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>05 December 2023 - Live Auction - Autographs Letters and Historical DocumentsDiscovering Timeless Connections - An Unveiling of Rare Autographs</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>L’Autographe Auctions is delighted to announce the forthcoming auction of a major collection of autographs: two extraordinary photographs signed by Albert Einstein, a letter by the Spanish Saint Joseph Calasanz about mathematics related to Galileo, the complete autograph score of “Don Bonaparte” by Alberto Franchetti from the Bonynge – Sutherland collection and some important letters by Robert Schumann (asking his Leipzig publisher Kistner for advice on publishing a major collection of Lieder); Franz Liszt (in a beautiful and long letter addressed to a singer, Liszt wrote to him about the extraordinary London reception of some of his compositions).</p><p>Then, there are numerous letters from Wagner, Debussy, Bellini, Berlioz, Donizetti, Puccini, Verdi, and many other nineteenth-century musicians.</p><p>Some letters from writers <em>follow, </em>and two of them deserve particular attention: a letter from Maksim Gor’kij (who <em>intends </em>to translate a drama by Stefan Zweig. He is sceptical about the staging for the complexity and heaviness of the text). And again, Zweig is the protagonist of a splendid letter addressed to Arturo Toscanini, at that time in London as <em>a </em>music conductor, in which Zweig undertakes to organise, at Toscanini’s request, an appointment with Sigmund Freud.</p><p>There follows a group of letters from essential painters such as Monet and Matisse, letters of Popes, European Royalties; important Napoleonic papers and English and French History and Literature letters.</p><p>The sale ends with a large selection of Anglo-American contemporary literary letters and documents.</p><p>We invite you to join us in this thrilling journey appreciating the brilliance of human expression and the enduring legacy left by these extraordinary individuals.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p> L’Autographe Auctions - Mayfair, London

Autographs Letters and Historical Documents

Tuesday 05 December 2023 - 14:00 (GMT) - Live

13 Hanover Square - W1S 1HN Mayfair, London, Royaume-Uni

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