BRAHMS JOHANNES (1833-1897) Lot n° 169

L.A.S. "J. Br.", [Vienna may 1870], à l'éditeur musical Fritz SIMROCK; 2 pages in-12 à son chiffre; en allemand. Remerciements pour de l'argent reçu de Bonn. Il était alors sur le semmering, et le jeune boulanger, personnifiant le corbeau apportant le pain, devait poster sa lettre à la station prochaine... "With the usual precision I sent the note for more and thanks for the money received to Bonn. I was just on the Semmering, and the baker's boy who introduced the bread-bringing raven had to get the letters to the next station. Hopefully yours was just a little late?"... Exchange of letters, IX, n° 66, p. 97.