Berlioz, Hector AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("H. BERLIOZ"), TO THE PUBLISHER GIOVANNI RICORDI, ABOUT THE "TREATISE ON ORCHESTRATION", 24 AUGUST 1842 offering him the Italian rights for the Grand traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration moderne for two thousand francs, explaining that he will soon finish it, noting that the articles he has published already on the subject in the [Revue et] gazette musicale, and which have been translated into Italian, provide only an outline of what will be dealt with more comprehensively in the book which will surpass any previous work on orchestration ("...Je crois que ce sera un travail complet, sous une foule de rapports que les théoriciens n'ont point encore abordés...") 2 pages, 8vo (20.8 x 13.2cm), integral autograph address-panel, annotated by the recipient, Paris, 24 August 1842, tiny seal tear
Berlioz, Hector AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("H. BERLIOZ"), TO THE PUBLISHER GIOVANNI RICORDI, ABOUT THE "TREATISE ON ORCHESTRATION", 24 AUGUST 1842 offering him the Italian rights for the Grand traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration moderne for two thousand francs, explaining that he will soon finish it, noting that the articles he has published already on the subject in the [Revue et] gazette musicale, and which have been translated into Italian, provide only an outline of what will be dealt with more comprehensively in the book which will surpass any previous work on orchestration ("...Je crois que ce sera un travail complet, sous une foule de rapports que les théoriciens n'ont point encore abordés...") 2 pages, 8vo (20.8 x 13.2cm), integral autograph address-panel, annotated by the recipient, Paris, 24 August 1842, tiny seal tear
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