The Iconic Depiction of the Dreyfus Degradation

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I am writing to you in Paris hoping it will be forwarded to you, and at the same time I am writing to Mont Dore assuming that the mailman will find you…” [caption id="attachment_38584" align="alignleft" width="780"] Edgar Degas in 1895[/caption]" ["post_title"]=> string(71) "In Failing Health, Edgar Degas Takes the Cure at Dordogne’s Mont-Dore" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(67) "in-failing-health-edgar-degas-takes-the-cure-at-dordognes-mont-dore" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-12-19 16:18:47" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-12-19 21:18:47" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=38580" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [1]=> object(WP_Post)#12583 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(39226) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2021-11-11 16:35:45" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2021-11-11 21:35:45" ["post_content"]=> string(1605) "DELACROIX, EUGENE. (1798-1863). France’s greatest painter of the Romantic period; precursor of both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. ALS. (“E. Delacroix”). 1p. 4to. N.p., October 30, 1820. An emotional letter, written at the age of 22, to his close friend and future executor, Achille Piron (1798-1865). In French with translation. With an unsigned, original carte-de-visite photograph of Delacroix by the Paris atelier of G.M. Lege. “Your reproaches, my dear friend, are unjust. You will convince yourself by the attached letter addressed to you, that I had not forgotten you. I was waiting for the answer of these gentlemen, and meanwhile while waiting, I was going to send you this letter to have news from you and know whether you were back in Paris. I am not angry with you, however, because I am convinced that you sometimes become alarmed in friendships, only because you have strong feelings of friendship. But learn to know the one who will always rejoice in having met you and in being your friend. Exaggerated in my affection and in my aversion, I despise and abhor all that comes before me with the aspect of pure and simple forms. So, with those whom I do not like, or who are indifferent to me, I hardly care to observe them and of what they will think of it: as to those who are my friends, I think I would be treating them with indifference if I took offence concerning them. Finally, I am so lazy, so usually carried away by the affection of the moment, that I commit and will unfortunately commit more than one forgetfulness of an otherwise grave nature." 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(1859-1935). French-Jewish artillery captain assigned to the Army’s General Staff unjustly accused and convicted of treason in 1894. ALS. (“A. Dreyfus”). 2/3 p. 8vo. N.p., Thursday. On stationery blind-embossed with address on 101 Boulevard Malesherbes, where Dreyfus and his family lived, starting in 1902. To an unidentified gentleman, perhaps an attorney. “I will come to see you Saturday morning at half past nine unless you advise me otherwise, indicating another time. " ["post_title"]=> string(52) "Dreyfus Wins Damages from an Anti-Dreyfusard Journal" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(52) "dreyfus-wins-damages-from-an-anti-dreyfusard-journal" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2022-11-30 13:34:54" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-11-30 18:34:54" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=40335" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [3]=> object(WP_Post)#12586 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(36808) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2019-11-19 13:07:50" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-11-19 18:07:50" ["post_content"]=> string(1074) "PEARY, ROBERT E. (1856-1920). American admiral and explorer; widely recognized as the first person to reach the North Pole. ALS. (“Peary”). 3¼ pp. 8vo. Washington, June 2, 1915. On Army and Navy Club stationery. To Dr. Jones, likely DR. E. LESTER JONES (1876-1929), whom Secretary of Commerce William Redfield, had recently appointed the 11^th Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. “The Mayor’s Committee & the Chamber of Commerce of New York, have gathered me in for receptions luncheons etc. for the Chinese Commissioners Thursday & Friday & I am leaving on the 3 - p.m. train today. I could not raise you by phone at your house last evening, & thought I would not call you at your office this morning.  My address in New York, Thursday & Friday will Imperial Hotel, B’Way & 32^nd St. Saturday it will be [Hotel] Everett Chambers, Portland Maine, & Monday, South Harpswell, Maine…”" ["post_title"]=> string(97) "Letter Regarding His Meeting with China’s Delegation on its Historic 1915 Trip to New York City" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(5) "36808" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-07-26 12:00:34" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-07-26 16:00:34" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=36808" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [4]=> object(WP_Post)#12581 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(40380) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2022-11-23 13:57:56" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-11-23 18:57:56" ["post_content"]=> string(3269) "PICQUART, GEORGES-MARIE. (1854-1914). French army Lieutenant-Colonel, Dreyfus’ instructor at the War College, and chief of military intelligence who, in 1896, after reviewing a pneumatic tube telegram (the petit bleu) sent to Esterhazy from the German Embassy’s military attaché, Schwartzkoppen, opened an investigation into Ferdinand Walsin-Esterhazy, the agent whose espionage activities had been pinned on Dreyfus. Signed book. Le procès Zola devant la cour d’assises de la Seine et la cour de Cassation (Paris: Stock; April 1898; first editions). 548 pp. and 538 pp. 8vo. N.p., April 26, 1898. The official transcript of Emile Zola’s (1840-1902) trial, including facsimiles of relevant documents bound into the second volume. Inscribed by Picquart on the half title of volume one, less than three weeks after the trial’s conclusion on April 2, 1898: “À mes amis Griset [?], En souvenir d’un drame qui a servi de pierre de touche aux caractères et aux vraies amities, G. Picquart 26/4/98” (“To my friends Griset [?], In memory of a drama that served as a touchstone for character and true friendships, G. Picquart 4/26/98”). Additionally signed on the second free-front endpaper by the Dreyfusard journalist, publisher and future French Prime Minister GEORGES CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929; “G. Clemenceau,”), responsible not only for publishing J’Accuse...! but more than 650 additional articles defending Dreyfus. Appearing in the newspaper L’Aurore on January 13, 1898, Zola wrote J’Accuse…! to trigger his arrest for libel in the hope that those who had conspired to convict Dreyfus would attack him and, in so doing, re-focus attention on a case that the public had by and large forgotten since the captain’s deportation to prison on Devil’s Island in 1895. On the same day, just two days after Esterhazy’s acquittal (which had precipitated Zola’s article), Picquart was arrested for revealing military secrets to the public and imprisoned. Zola’s prosecution became a public sensation when his trial commenced on February 7, 1898. Found guilty on the 23^rd after the jury deliberated for just 40 minutes, Zola was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 3,000 francs. On April 2^nd, his conviction was overturned on a technicality, likely the reason for Picquart’s somewhat optimistic inscription. However, Zola was found guilty a second time on July 18, 1898, whereupon he fled to England and lived in exile for nearly a year. Following his return to France, Zola published a collection of essays about the Dreyfus Affair, entitled La Vérité en Marche, in 1901. Though his enemies accused him of profiting by his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair, his association with the case was not only detrimental to his career but almost certainly led to his death under mysterious circumstances in 1902, when he fell victim to asphyxiation due to a backed-up chimney in his home. Regrettably, Zola did not live to see Dreyfus’ guilty verdict reversed on July 12, 1906 – a triumph not only for Dreyfus and his supporters, but a posthumous one for Zola as well." 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(1831-1897). American industrialist best known as the manufacturer of the Pullman railroad car and for the Pullman Strike of 1894. ALS. (“Geo M Pullman”). 2pp. 4to. Chicago, December 4, 1863. To his 17-year-old sister Emma Pullman (later Fluhrer, 1846-1915), the youngest of his 9 siblings. “Your welcome and interesting letter is just received and were it not that I have so much business correspondence to attend to just now (owing to having been so long absent from here) I would write you a letter of a respectable length, but as it is I know you will excuse me. Won’t you? I presume Helen writes you everything concerning her movements. She will probably return from Harvard about Monday next and remain here a week or two. I expect to go east again about the 20^th inst but am not yet entirely certain that I can spend Christmas at Fulton but hope to be able to do so. Will select your jackey [?] and dress next week and send them by Express to Fulton. I have sent the money to Miss White for your tuition &c. Also sent a check of $20 for you. 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(1840-1917). French sculptor; creator of The Thinker and other well-known masterpieces. ALS. (“Aug. Rodin”). 2pp. 8vo. Paris, January 31, 1905. On Rue de l’Université stationery. To his friend and patron HARRY GRAF KESSLER (1868-1937), an Anglo-German art critic, museum director and diplomat. In French with translation. “Allow me to send you my thanks for organizing the Weimar Exhibition, and for purchasing l’âge d'airain [The Age of Bronze]. The bronze, which is finished, will be shipped; as always, I have taken care of the patina. I have heard that there was a mourning at the Weimar court, allow me to ask you for the information." 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(1567-1622). Roman Catholic bishop, remembered for his works on spiritual formation and venerated as a saint. ALS. (“Françs E[veque, or Bishop]. de Geneve”). 3/4p. 4to. [Annecy], February 18, 1622. To Mademoiselle de Picaraysin at Chaumont. In French with translation. “Madame, I have told the priest of Chaumont what can be done, in the matter he has proposed to me on your behalf; and greeting you very affectionately, I remain Madame Your most humble parent and servant…” [caption id="attachment_39071" align="alignleft" width="399"] St. Francis de Sales[/caption] Born into the noble de Sales family in the Duchy of Savoy, Francis studied theology and law and was highly educated. Despite his father’s strenuous and repeated insistence that he marry and pursue a political career, Francis joined a holy order. After the Bishop of Geneva, Claude de Granier, intervened, his father relented and Francis was ordained into the priesthood in 1593 whereupon he was made provost of the cathedral chapter of Geneva, a hotbed of Calvinism. Despite resistance from Calvinist inhabitants, he evangelized while residing in a garrisoned fortress, though he narrowly escaped assassination on several occasions. In 1602, Francis succeeded the bishop of Geneva, but due to Calvinist control of Geneva, he was forced to reside in the French alpine city of Annecy. The efficiency of his diocese as well as the evangelical zeal that permeated it was known throughout Europe as was Francis’ preaching. His popular and influential books Introduction to the Devout Life, unusual in that it was written for the laity, was published in 1607, and Treatise on the Love of God, increased the public’s regard for him. A beloved figure, Francis was venerated after his death, and canonized by Pope Alexander VII in 1665. St. Francis is the patron saint of writers and journalists, because of the printed matter he used in his efforts to convert Calvinists, as well as the patron saint of the deaf. Chaumont is a French city located to the northwest of Geneva. Published in Works, Annecy edition, Letters, vol. X (1896). With the address leaf attached. Folded and reinforced; the address leaf has been partially restored, in very good condition. With an engraved portrait and very rare." 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(1881-1945). Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist; creator of Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Concerto for Orchestra, and other masterpieces. Considered by many to be the last great composer of the 20^th century. ALS. (“Bartók Bela”). 1p. Oblong 8vo. Budapest, August 5, 1932. To his friend, Hungarian composer and pianist JENÖ TAKÁCS (1902-2005), known for his early interpretations of Bartók. In Hungarian with translation." 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(1881-1945). Hungarian composer and one of the leading artists of the 20^th century. ALS (“Béla Bartók”). With an AMsS on the verso which Bartok has signed six times (twice “Béla Bartók,” once “B. Bartók” and thrice “Bartók”). 2pp. 4to. Budapest, February 9, 1922. The manuscript outlines in detail Bartok’s proposed program featuring his compositions and those of ZOLTAN KODALY (1882-1967), Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and innovator of the pedagogical Kodály Method. The ALS is to a gentleman. In French with translation. “Your letter arrived at the moment when I received the news from England that my trip there can finally be realized. Therefore, I have every reason to consider my trip to Paris definitively settled. I gladly accept the offer of the Duchess of Clermont-Tonnerre while warmly thanking you for all the efforts you have made for me. 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(1858-1924). Italian composer; modern Italy’s most successful opera composer after Verdi. ALS. (“G. Puccini”). 2/3p. 4to. Viareggio, December 21, 1923. To Italian conductor ARTURO TOSCANINI (1867-1957). In Italian with translation. “Please let me introduce to you Mr. Adolfo Weissmann, a prominent music critic from Berlin. I am sure that you will receive him with the greatest kindness. I thank you and I wish you and your family all the best…” [caption id="attachment_41169" align="alignleft" width="680"] Puccini and Toscanini[/caption]" ["post_title"]=> string(41) "ALS to Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(23) "als-to-arturo-toscanini" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-07-30 14:34:30" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-07-30 18:34:30" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=41167" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [11]=> object(WP_Post)#12572 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(41505) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2023-12-18 16:17:01" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-12-18 21:17:01" ["post_content"]=> string(994) "RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI. (1844-1908). Russian composer. ALS. (“N. Rimsky-Korsakov”). 1½pp. 8vo. Vechasha, August 19, 1905. To G. Jacobson. In Russian with translation. “My recommendation to you is to rejoin the Academy of Music. I do not see any opportunity for me and to tell you the truth I do not have any desire. You probably know that two of my colleagues and friends A. K. Lyadov and A. K. Glazunov already left the Academy. I can offer you as well as another former student private lessons in my house, as I have done this last spring. Otherwise, if you do not come back to Petersburg, I cannot be of any service to you anymore. But the lessons with me will not let you avoid the fulfillment of your military duties if you must do so in the future. That is why I would recommend that you to return to Petersburg’s Academy of Music, not taking in consideration my relationship with them, which is not going to change anyhow...”  " ["post_title"]=> string(69) "ALS Written During the 1905 Revolution Mentioning Glazunov and Lyadov" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(69) "als-written-during-the-1905-revolution-mentioning-glazunov-and-lyadov" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-07-30 15:09:03" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-07-30 19:09:03" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=41505" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [12]=> object(WP_Post)#12576 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(41224) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2023-10-25 14:01:48" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-10-25 18:01:48" ["post_content"]=> string(566) "STRAUSS, JOHANN. (1825-1899). Austrian composer, conductor, and violinist. ALS. (“Johann Strauß” and “J St.”). 8pp. 8vo. Vienna, December 18, 1891. To his German music publisher FRITZ SIMROCK (1837-1901). In German with translation. 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(1883-1965). Influential French composer known as the father of electronic music. ALS. (“Edgard Varese”). 1p. 4to. Hollywood, November 14, 1938. On letterhead of the Los Angeles Chamber Music Society. To Mrs. Charles W. Felton (San Francisco patron of the arts, CORA SMEDBERG FELTON, 1874-1941). “I have been postponing writing, always in the hope to see you during November – unfortunately our trip to S.F. must be cancelled for the time being – work and other things require my presence here, beside the orchestral material of Ameriques is not ready yet. " ["post_title"]=> string(90) "The Father of Electronic Music Writes to a Patron on His "Ameriques" and Dancer Hanya Holm" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(88) "the-father-of-electronic-music-writes-to-a-patron-on-his-ameriques-and-dancer-hanya-holm" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2024-07-30 15:46:16" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2024-07-30 19:46:16" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(66) "https://lionheartautographs.com/?post_type=autographs&p=41261" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(10) "autographs" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [14]=> object(WP_Post)#12573 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(41766) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2023-12-21 16:44:58" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-12-21 21:44:58" ["post_content"]=> string(2702) "WAGNER, RICHARD. (1813-1883). German composer; creator of several of the greatest operas of all time, including Götterdämmerung, Tristan und Isolde and Der Fliegende Holländer. ALS. (“Richard Wagner”). 2pp. 8vo. Lucerne, March 10, 1869. To German music critic, poet and composer RICHARD POHL (1826-1896). In German with translation. “First and foremost, I owe you my grateful thanks for the many friendly notes. Today I again have a favor to ask! I have just learned that an old draft of an opera of mine, Die Sarazenin (The Saracen Woman), once fell into your hands, but was last said to have been kept in Dresden by the late Rudolph Wehner. It is very important to me to have it back – at least a copy of it – since I am considering a publication of my collected writings. Could you perhaps ask Wehner’s heirs to investigate the whereabouts of this manuscript, in order – as I said – to at least procure for me the desired copy of it. Unfortunately, I also see on this occasion how extremely disdainful my friends have been with the manuscripts lent to them by me or given to them as keepsakes! Today my latest brochure Judaism in Music will also be sent to you. In a few days ‘Mr. Edvard Devrient and his style’ by ‘Wilhelm Drach’ will follow: I think you will enjoy it. Farewell, write me your exact address, and remember your dear friend…” [caption id="attachment_41773" align="alignleft" width="350"] Richard Wagner[/caption] In 1865, Wagner’s patron, Ludwig II, expressed an interest in reading the story of the composer’s life. Wagner began writing Mein Leben almost immediately, dictating it to his wife, Cosima, and completing the fourth and final volume in 1880. But before he finished the multi-volume work, he sought the assistance of his young admirer and frequent visitor, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. In fact, Wagner “entrusted him with what could have been the anything but easy task of arranging for the printing of his autobiography by the Basel printer Bonfantini and taking charge of the proofs. It was on the 3^rd of December, 1869 that Wagner sent him the first batch of manuscripts,” (The Life of Richard Wagner Volume IV 1866-1883, Newman). Bonfantini published volumes 1-3 of the autobiography in a limited edition of 18 copies for distribution to Wagner’s friends. Most of the copies were later returned to Cosima and destroyed after the composer’s death." 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Famous American baseball player, known as the “Sultan of Swat” and considered one of the greatest in the sport (1895-1948). Signed menu. (“Babe Ruth”). 1p. Small 4to. New York, February 5, 1928. A menu from the Baseball Writers Association of America’s dinner held at New York City’s Commodore Hotel signed in pencil by “Babe” Ruth and twenty additional guests. Signatures in alphabetical order: BAER, BUGS. (1886-1969; “Bugs Baer”). Sports reporter who wrote the only movie for “Babe” Ruth in which he played himself. Baer was the “toastmaster” at this dinner gala. BENGOUGH, BENNY. (1898-1968; “B. Bengough”). Yankee catcher and, later, coach who led the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Series in 1950. BULGER, BOZEMAN. (1877-1932; “Bozeman Bulger”). Sports reporter who wrote a series about “Babe” Ruth for the Saturday Evening Post. BUSH, “BULLET” JOE. (1892-1974; “’Joe’ Bush”). Played for the Yankees 1922-1924. At the time of the dinner he was with the Philadelphia Athletics. COHAN, GEORGE M. (1878-1942; “G...ge M Cohan”). American vaudeville performer and musical comedy star; author of the copycat song, “Take Your Girl to the Ball Game.” COLLINS, EDDIE. (1887-1951; “Eddie Collins”). Formerly with the Chicago White Sox and player during the “Black Sox” scandal. At the time Collins was a player-coach with the Philadelphia Athletics. DUGAN, JOE. (1897-1982; “Joe Dugan”). Yankee infielder known as “Jumping Joe” who played with the Yankees in five World Series’. DUNDEE, JOHNNY. (1893-1965; “Johnny Dundee”). First World Junior Lightweight boxing champion. GEHRIG, LOU. (1903-1941; “Lou Gehrig”). Yankee infielder and hitter considered one of the best baseball players of all time. Between 1923 and 1939, he hit 493 home runs and 1995 RBIs and is one of only 18 players to hit four home runs in a single game. Scarce and desirable! HAINES, HINKEY. (1898-1979; “Hinkey Haines”). Baseball (Yankees 1923) and football player. At the time Haines was playing football for the NY Giants. HOYT, WAITE. (1899-1984; “Waite C. Hoyt”). Yankee pitcher and one of baseball’s greatest players during the 1920s. Hoyt was also a vaudeville performer and, after retiring from baseball, a radio broadcaster. HUGGINS, MILLER J. (1878-1929; “M.J. Huggins”). Baseball player and Yankee manager who oversaw the famously successful “Murderer’s Row” teams. Scarce! LA HIFF, BILLY. (1882-1934; “Billy La Hiff”). Extremely popular owner of the eponymous mid-town Manhattan tavern frequented by Broadway stars and other celebrities. Scarce! LANDIS, KENESAW M. (1866-1944; “K.M. Landis”). First Commissioner of Baseball. PENNOCK, HERB. (1894-1948; “H.J. Pennock”). Yankee pitcher, considered one of the greatest left-handers of all time, who helped the team win four World Series. Rare! RUPPERT, JACOB. (1867-1939; “Jacob Ruppert”). New York politician who owned the Yankees from 1915 until his death in 1939. RUTH, GEORGE HERMAN “BABE.” (1895-1948; “Babe Ruth”). Yankee outfielder considered one of the greatest in the sport. Ruth was a Yankee from 1920-1934, during which time he became an internationally recognized superstar, forever changing the way baseball was played. His fame boosted the New York Yankees’ popularity, and their new stadium, built between 1922 and 1923, came to be known as “the House that Ruth Built.” The “Babe” was one of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s first five inductees and remains an American icon. SPEAKER, TRIS. (1888-1958; “Tris Speaker”). Centerfielder whose glove was known as the place where triples go to die and who still holds the record for the fifth most hits at 3,514 and the sixth most triples at 222. At the time he signed our menu, Speaker was playing for the Philadelphia Athletics, his last MLB appearance being in August 1928. SULLIVAN, ED. (1901-1974; “Ed Sullivan”). American sports and entertainment reporter, columnist and television host of his own variety show from 1948-1971. Sullivan was a sports reporter for the New York Evening Graphic at the time he signed our menu. JAMES J. “JIMMY” WALKER. (1881-1946; “James J. Walker”). Tammany Hall-backed New York City mayor who, in 1928, threw out the first pitch in Yankee Stadium. The popular and colorful mayor, known about town as “Beau James” and “The Night Mayor” for his love of nightlife, had been lax on enforcing Prohibition, and during his tenure, speakeasies and casinos, along with graft and corruption, flourished. A professional organization founded on October 14, 1908, the Baseball Writers Association of America sought to bring professionalism to the field of sports journalism, secure press access for its members and standardize scoring methods. During the 1928 season, which was the Yankee’s 26th, the team beat the St. Louis Cardinals in four consecutive games to win their third World Series Championship, becoming the first team to win back-to-back sweeps. All signatures (several unidentified) are in pencil on the menu’s verso. At the bottom left corner is a pencil cartoon by L. E. Schneider of a man holding up a large card, saying “How about signing?” In overall fine condition, but sunned. The signatures strong and clear as on the day they were written!" ["post_title"]=> string(105) "Spectacular Menu Signed by NY Yankee Greats: Ruth, Gehrig, Hoyt, Dugan, Huggins, Pennock, Ruppert & More!" 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(1732-1799). Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States from 1789-1797 & THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Third president of the United States and first Secretary of State. Partially printed DS signed by Washington (“G: Washington”) as president and Jefferson (“Th: Jefferson”) as Secretary of State. 1p. Large folio. May 26, 1794. A three-language ship’s papers in French, English and Dutch for the brig Industry (104 tons, with John Robb as master, possibly James Alexander Robb, 1769-1818, whose son employed Frederick Douglass as a caulker at his Baltimore shipyard) proceeding from Baltimore to the British sugar-producing colony of Barbados with a cargo of flour, bread, peas, codfish, and tobacco as part of the triangular trade that brought slaves to the United States. In February 1793, France, with which the United States was allied, declared war on the Netherlands and Great Britain, the world’s dominant naval powers. To protect American merchants and their ships from capture, beginning in March 1793, a number of passports were issued in bulk, signed by Washington and Jefferson, with the authority of their respective offices, and sent to the collectors of customs at various ports for distribution to ships to prevent their seizure on the high seas. “As Secretary of State, Jefferson’s approach to foreign affairs was limited by Washington’s preference for neutrality regarding the war between Britain and France. Jefferson favored closer ties to France, who had supported the United States during the Revolutionary War. Tension within Washington’s cabinet—notably with Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who favored an assertive central government—prompted Jefferson’s resignation,” (US. Department of State, Office of the Historian) as the nation’s first secretary of state on December 31, 1793, five months prior to the date of our document, which was countersigned by the collector of the port of Baltimore, OTHO HOLLAND WILLIAMS (1749-1794, “O.H. Williams”). In 1775 Williams volunteered to fight in the American Revolution. He was captured by the British during the Battle of Fort Washington, led the 6^th Maryland Regiment in battles in New Jersey and the South after his release, and ended the war with the rank of brigadier general. Returning to civilian life, he was appointed the first commissioner of the Port of Baltimore, and became an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Also signed by Baltimore Justice of the Peace GEORGE SALMON (?-1807, “Geo Salmon”), an Irish emigre and partner in the Baltimore mercantile firm Woolsey & Salmon which outfitted privateers during the American Revolution. James McHenry wrote to Washington several times to recommend Salmon for customs positions but Washington ignored the request. Salmon later helped found the Bank of Baltimore and was elected its first president in 1796. Bearing a large U.S. white paper seal and a second seal adjacent to Salmon’s signature. Browned with some wear, a few small holes, and expertly silked on the verso, otherwise very good. Ship’s papers dated after Jefferson’s resignation are uncommon and sought after." 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(1809-1882). English naturalist; first to suggest a theory of evolution by natural selection. LS. (“Ch. Darwin”). 1½pp. 8vo. Down, Beckenham, Kent, June 15, 1870. (Likely to Italian botanist and pharmacist GAETANO DURANDO (1811-1892)]. “When you were at Down, you were so kind as to say that you were willing to assist me in my experiments. I am now particularly anxious to obtain as soon as possible some seeds (named on the next page) which have been matured in Algiers. Seeds imported from Europe w[oul]d be of no use to me. I sh[oul]d add that Dr Hooker has applied for me to Col. Playfair, so that if you see him you w[oul]d perhaps be so kind as to confer with him on the subject. If you or Col. Playfair can aid me in this way, & send me any of the seeds immediately, you will do me an essential kindness. Pray believe me my dear Sir, Yours very faithfully..." 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(1769-1821). Military leader and Emperor of France. DS. (“Napole”). 1p. Folio. Paris, December 30, 1813. Countersigned by the Minister of Foreign Affairs ARMAND-AUGUSTIN-LOUIS DE CAULAINCOURT, DUC DE VICENCE (1773-1827; “Caulaincourt, Duc de Vicence”) and Secretary of State HUGHES BERNARD MARET, DUC DE BASSANO (1763-1839; “Le Duc de Bassano”). In French with translation. “Napoléon by the grace of God and the Constitution, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation: Wishing to hasten insofar as it lies in us to do so, the re-establishment of a sincere, honorable and lasting peace between all the belligerent powers and in order to overcome the difficulties which might retard the opening of negotiations: and having complete confidence, capacity, experience, zeal and fidelity to our service of J. Nompère, Comte de Champagny Duc de Cadore, the Minister of State, Intendant General of our Crown. We shall have granted to him and do hereby grant full authority, permission and mandate that on Our behalf, in Our name, and with the plenipotentiaries who shall be named by the powers at war with us, and who shall be likewise furnished with authority in due form, negotiate, conclude and sign preliminary articles conforming to the outline and principles which have been proposed to Us and to which We have adhered and further negotiate, conclude and sign, if such is the wish of all Allies, such agreement, document or articles shall be deemed necessary to establish a suspension of warfare and to stop for the present the outpouring of human blood and the calamities of war, engaging to find acceptable and to become a definite and lasting party to, to execute and carry out punctually everything that J. Duc de Cadore shall have signed pursuant to this authorization: and to expedite our letter of ratification thereof to be exchanged at a place and according to terms which shall be agreed upon. In witness whereof we shall have given these presents, signed by Our hand, countersigned and made authoritative with Our Imperial Seal Given at Paris, the 30^th day of December 1813 and of Our Reign the tenth. The Minister of Foreign Relations Caulaincourt, Duc de Vicence By the Order of the Emperor Napole Secretary of State Le Duc de Bassano”  Following Napoléon’s retreat from Moscow in late 1812, Prussia, Russia, Britain, and Sweden formed the Sixth Coalition hoping to ensure the defeat of the French emperor. Napoléon’s forces engaged the allies at Leipzig from October 16-18, 1813, in what became known as The Battle of Nations – the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoléon was soundly defeated and once again forced into retreat. “Leipzig effectively cost Napoléon control of Germany and brought his enemies to the frontiers of France,” (Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars, Chandler). Also in 1813, the French army lost its foothold in Spain and by November it had lost Holland as well. With a weakened Napoléon, Austria’s foreign minister, Klemens von Metternich, drafted the Frankfurt Proposals, an agreement designed to end the war and confine France to its “natural borders” between the Pyrenees, Alps and the Rhine. The draft allowed France to retain control of Belgium, Savoy and the Rhineland and for Napoléon to remain emperor. The proposal’s final version was relayed to Napoléon in November 1813, but the Emperor, expecting victories on the field, delayed acceptance until December 2, 1813. However, the Allies withdrew their proposal due to Great Britain’s concern over French occupation of Belgium. Beginning on December 21, 1813, coalition forces crossed the Rhine River near Basel and entered France. In a last-ditch effort to postpone the inevitable, Napoléon signed our document on December 30th, but Paris fell on March 31, 1814, and on April 6th Napoléon abdicated – a month later he sailed into exile toward the island of Elba. As related in our historic document, Napoléon makes a last-ditch effort to negotiate for peace by authorizing Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny, 1^st Duc de Cadore (1759-1834), a senator and secretary of the Regency to act as a plenipotentiary and attempt “the re-establishment of a sincere, honorable and lasting peace,” most likely intended for his participation at the Congress of Chatillon, the final attempt to reach a peace between the warring factions, begun on February 4 and dissolved on March 17, 1814. Champagny had held a number of important positions in Napoléon’s government including minister of the interior and minister of foreign relations in which capacity he helped devise the continental blockade, the occupation of Spain and Portugal, and negotiate the Treaty of Schönbrunn, which ended France’s 1809 war with Austria, the War of the Fifth Coalition. After 1811, he held the sinecure office of intendant general of the crown and was sent on ministerial missions such as this one. As secretary of state from 1799-1811 and again beginning on November 20, 1813, Maret was “the government minister responsible for all communications between the First Consul (Emperor) and military and civilian administrative departments,” (An Encyclopedia of Napoléon’s Europe, Palmer). Unlike other ministers of state, Maret traveled with Napoléon and his armies as part of his personal staff and was raised to the nobility in 1809 as Duc de Bassano. According to John R. Elting’s, Swords Around A Throne, Maret was the pivot of Napoléon’s civilian rule. “Genial and fond of witty conversation and clever women, Maret was an outstanding executive, tough under stress, brave under fire.” Caulaincourt began his military career at the age of 14, fighting in 13 campaigns. His fluency in Russian and other languages allowed him to transition to a diplomatic career when Napoléon sent him to St. Petersburg in 1801 after which he became Napoléon’s aide-de-camp. He negotiated the Treaty of Tilsit with the Russians as well as a potential marriage between Napoléon and Tsar Alexander I’s sister. Despite discouraging Napoléon from invading Russia, he accompanied the emperor on the ill-fated campaign and warned him against wintering there. Upon the death of Géraud Duroc, Caulaincourt succeeded him as Grand Marshal of the Palace, in which capacity he negotiated the Treaty of Fontainebleau and is credited with the provision which confined Napoléon to Elba after his abdication. Nonetheless, he served as Napoléon’s minister of foreign affairs during his Hundred Days. He was made Duke of Vicenza in 1808. Written on vellum with some age wear along the edges; the ink is a bit light in spots. An important historic document signed at the close of Napoleon’s reign over Europe." 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(1812-1870). British novelist and one of the best-loved writers in the English language; author of A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield and A Tale of Two Cities. AQS. (“Charles Dickens”). 1p. Small 8vo. London, June 13, 1849. The famous quotation from Dickens’ The Olde Curiosity Shoppe. “Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little bird – a poor slight thing, the pressure of a finger would have crushed – was stirring nimbly in its cage; and the strong heart of its child mistress was mute and motionless for ever…” Charles Dickens, one of the most celebrated authors in English literature, achieved immense fame during his lifetime. In addition to his many novels, he edited the periodicals Household Words and All the Year Round, which featured fiction, essays, news, and poetry—including his serialized works Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations. Known as a meticulous journalist and editor, Dickens also wrote Bleak House and Little Dorrit. Between 1840 and 1841, he serialized Barnaby Rudge and The Old Curiosity Shop, the latter telling the story of the orphaned Nell Trent and her grandfather. The novel’s popularity in the United States was so immense that, when the final installment arrived in New York in 1841, eager readers reportedly crowded the docks, shouting to the ship’s crew, “Is Little Nell dead yet?” When Dickens wrote the quoted passage, he was working on the third monthly installment of David Copperfield. On June 6, he expressed his confidence in the story to his friend and literary advisor John Forster, stating, “I feel, thank God, quite confident in the story. I have a move in it ready for this month; another for next; and another for the next” (The Life of Charles Dickens, Forster). We extend our thanks to Dr. Leon Litvack, Principal Editor of The Charles Dickens Letters Project. Folded with some light dust staining and wear. Framed with a portrait. Not examined out of the frame and in fine condition. One of the most desirable of Dickens’ quotations and rare." 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(1809-1847). German composer, and one of the most gifted musicians of the 19^th century. ALS. (“Felix MB”). 3 1/8 pp. 4to. On a single folded sheet with the integral address leaf attached. Rome, December 26, 1830 and January 2, 1831. To his close friend and librettist KARL KLINGEMANN (1794-1870). In German with translation. “To you, my dear Klingemann, it is that I want to write today; You will remember what day it is, maybe even think of me once in a while, and as nothing would come to me today other than the memory of the happy days of old, I am driven to speak to you, to whom I am grateful for them. You have not answered my letter from Munich, I almost got mad at you because of this, but when I think back to how you gave us the brightest holiday a year ago today, I just cannot do it; and I write to you, because for a long time now, on all the well-remembered days that are now becoming anniversaries, I have been with you and have remembered each word we spoke then, and thus I see amid all the new unforgettable things that I encounter here, visions of our past, and I relive my weeks of illness when I was so cordially cared for by you, rolled to the piano, bandaged, tucked in, pampered as I will never be able to forget or thank you. Then came the days when we studied together, and when by chance I found among your papers the Liederspiel already begun (which, as I may now confess, touched me very much). Then I drove out to Attwood’s, you came later, then Horn arrived, we sat up late together and so it went on until the Liederspiel was performed one year ago today. Next to me lies the white baton that you know; it was employed there for the last time, and life has truly turned serious since then, but the mere thought of you, friend, recalls all that joy to me, as though I lived through it again and was close to you. If you feel lonely in a dark moment, I beg you, think of me, and the idea of possessing a human being so completely is a happy one; whenever I have since experienced happiness or the lack of it, you were with me. That sounds almost sentimental, and neither of us like that sort of thing, if only it was not so true. Here I am in Rome; it is a grand word, and every day I feel more how much it is trying to express; and nature and past are able to express it, that is shown here, and one goes from delight to delight which God and the past give us, but the people I know here are lacking and I therefore want to say that I have never lived so lonely as I have here. Although I am in society almost every evening, have to make and hear lots of music, encounter new figures every day, but I lack communication, and thus the best remains unsaid. Whether that is good and helps me will be shown hereafter, but I just wish you were here. It would change my entire life. While one may be more energetic – for rarely have I worked so much and so quickly as I have done here – the right kind of joy is experienced only while one is working, afterwards it is missing far too much. Now – I know nothing of you, you haven’t written to my loved ones either, and that is not right that you should retreat into yourself again like that. Let us hear from you, Klingemann, write a few words to me how you live and think so that I may enjoy a few of your words… Jan. 2. Since then, the New Year has arrived; what it will bring, we will have to await with trepidation. The last and the first day were dreary and boring to me, as usual. On New Year’s Eve, I attended a few gatherings, (the last one was at Bendemann’s) and had to make visits on New Year’s Day. How people meet and thoughtlessly, or jokingly wish each other a happy future – the most serious wish there is – how they open their doors to the most foolish ceremonies, send cards to each other through their servants, all the while not a single one of them appears to think what kind of holiday this actually is. How on New Year’s Eve they seek to shoo away the sad idea with jokes, drinking, lead casting, and are still not able to do it, that is fatal to me. Both these days are true days of repentance and one should experience them with oneself only and not be afraid and hide from serious thoughts. I put out my finished compositions from the last year on the table, the Symphonies in D Flat and the Hebrides Overture were among them, also much church music; and I had the pleasure to know that I still have enough in my head to last for next year. Thus I will be able to show you many new things when we find each other again. But why have you not sent me the romance-novel that you promised? You have no idea how I am longing to compose something from you again, and you wrote to me that you already read old folk tales to find the rest. With your words I feel that I don’t have to ‘make’ the music, it’s as though I extract it from them, and it stands before me, and whereas with other poems, namely Goethe, the words depart from the music and strive to dominate on their own, your poems call for sound, and there the true seeker cannot fail. This I have found only one other time, and peculiarly, when I had to compose something for the academy, in the Songs of Luther, which was given to me for the voyage by an acquaintance in Vienna; I beg you to read them, or if you cannot get them as a collection, then look up the following examples in the hymn book: ‘Though in midst of life we be,’ ‘Out of the deep I cry to thee,’ ‘To shepherds as they watched by night,’ ‘Look down, oh Lord, from heaven behold,’ ‘In peace and joy I now depart,’ in short, all of them. How each work calls for music, how each stanza is a piece unto itself, how there is progress, how movement and growth are to be found, that is too glorious, and I compose away at it very busily here in Rome, and ponder the monastery where he lived and convinced himself of the crazy antics of the lords. I have to write down for you the end of a long song, which you will not find in the hymn book, it is too lovely and you especially will enjoy it. The song is about two boys, who were being burned at the stake during the schism. At the end he says that the murderers libeled them even after they died and said that they had recanted everything for fear, and then the last stanza goes: Then let them still go on and lie, They cannot win a blessing; And let us thank God heartily, His Word again possessing. Summer is even at our door, The winter now has vanished, The tender flowerets spring once more, And he, who winter banished, Will send a happy summer. Thus I have a lot to do and create, but I would so very much love to have romances and fantasies from you, and so I ask you to send me something; be that as it may, we are all sentimental once in a while, and the rest will work itself out. My life here is so curiously colorful, a mixture of joy and gravity so that I am sometimes getting dizzy when I think about the present: in the morning until noon I work quietly in the sun (because it always shines quite warm and bright), thus I already have completed the Hebrides Overture, a Latin psalm for choir and orchestra, several of Luther’s songs for choir and a few other small things. Then I go out and see new things every day, galleries, villas, promenades, ruins, churches, and if I told you that I have been able to go to the Vatican only twice, think how filled with new impressions is each day; Schadow is here, he is very mild, lucid, and calm, sees and admires the old masters with modesty and thus I can visit the paintings and statues with him and learn much that is new to me. The pope has died. The ceremonies at St. Peter for his wake, the requiems, the beginning of the conclave have shown me a different side of Rome. I get easily acquainted with musicians through playing the piano, and I have risen to the position of an honorary member of the philharmonic society of Rome. That is yet another facet (but it’s going ‘decrescendo’) in short, that is how I spend the day until evening, and then I am going to society events as much as possible, namely there are several Englishwomen here, where I can try out my English, and when I see them promenading on the Monte Pincio I tell myself: run mi man. [sic]. My own thoughts in the morning, the immense monuments which are indelibly etched into my mind, the gay balls at night, how it all blends and forms a whole – it is too strange. And yet I am looking forward to England where I will find you again, and where we can all be together once more...  I have met some Englishmen here, who made the most delightful company, as they had met me at that big party at Attwood’s, I have to thank them, and thus indirectly Attwood for very enjoyable hours and other lovely acquaintances, please thank old Attwood in my name for that, as well as for all his kindness and tell him that I intend to send him a letter and a few compositions by way of these Englishmen, (who go by the names of Mr. Newman Smith and Mr. Goodman, with the requisite Mrs.); but he has to excuse the poor style in advance; and give my love to the entire family and Miss Caroline. Taylors, now! But you know how I am feeling when I think of all of you in England, at least you must know that it will be always, and until my last days, the dearest, brightest memory of my youth. Do you remember when I saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the first time, later shooed about people at the ball with my baton, and in between sat in your room, waiting for you, who didn’t show up, and played your songs? Something like that can never be forgotten. Farewell and think of me and send me word of you… You have not answered my request from Munich either, you evil spirit! And now I don’t know if the pieces will be published by Cramer or not. At first I thought they had flat out refused and you did not want to write me that. But now that Mechetti has sold several of my other piano pieces to them at a very good profit, I do not believe it and I am now entirely in the dark about their fate. Please take care of them, and the titles, and send me the details.” In the spring of 1829 Mendelssohn visited his close friend from Berlin, Karl Klingemann, a diplomat who lived in London. He introduced Mendelssohn to England’s grand salons and cultivated society enabling the 20-year-old composer to perform four concerts before heading north to Scotland. Mendelssohn’s trip through the Scottish Highlands became the stimulus for his Scottish Symphony and a voyage to the island of Staffa and its Fingal’s Cave inspired his Hebrides Overture. Shortly after his return to London, Mendelssohn hurt his knee, delaying his return to Germany. He recovered at the home of composer, organist and pupil of Mozart Thomas Attwood (1765-1838), and it is likely this injury to which he refers in our letter to Klingemann. Mendelssohn notes that our letter is written on the first anniversary of the performance of his Liederspiel Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde (literally The Return Home from Abroad but known in English as Son and Stranger or Return of the Roamer). Mendelssohn composed the comic work to a libretto by Klingemann while staying in Wales in honor of his parents’ upcoming silver wedding anniversary on which occasion it was performed in front of 120 guests in their home on December 26, 1829. Family members or friends played all the roles. As it was composed for a private occasion, it was never again performed in Mendelssohn’s lifetime and only published posthumously. It is, clearly, to this joyous occasion that Mendelssohn alludes to at the beginning of our letter. In October 1830, at the suggestion of German poet, playwright, and novelist Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832), himself the inspiration for several of Mendelssohn’s works, the composer traveled to Italy. In Rome, he sought out the company of musicians and artists and among those he met was German artist Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow (1789-1862), with whom he traveled to Naples and Pompeii. His visit to “Bendemann” refers to the artist Edouard Bendemann (1811-1889), who was currently living in Rome and later married Schadow’s sister, Lida. Bendemann drew the famous pencil portrait of Mendelssohn on his deathbed. His sojourn in Rome, vividly described in our letter, was a period of great musical creativity. “Several significant compositions owe their origin to the fertilizing atmosphere of Rome,” (Mendelssohn: A New Image of the Composer and His Age, Werner). It was during this time, for example, that he began his Italian Symphony and completed The Hebrides, triumphantly announced in our letter, which premiered in London in the spring of 1832, along with his A Midsummer Night’s Dream, also mentioned in our missive. Our letter also discusses the “Symphonies in D Flat,” Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor, Op. 107, also known as “the Reformation Symphony,” composed in 1830 to commemorate the 300^th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, the foundational document of Lutheranism and for which he drew inspiration from Martin Luther’s hymn “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.” Our letter discusses how the many other hymns of Luther inspired him. Our letter also touches on the death of Pope Pius VIII (1761-1830) on November 30, whose papacy was the shortest of the 19^th century, and whose death, despite his ongoing ill health, led to speculation that he was murdered. He was succeeded by Pope Gregory XVI after a 50-day conclave. An English pianist and composer whose admirers included Beethoven, Johann (John) Baptist Cramer (1771-1858) founded a London music publishing firm in 1824, publishing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 which Cramer gave the nickname the Emperor Concerto. Pietro Mechetti (1777-1850) was the proprietor of an eponymous music publishing firm in Vienna which published the works of Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss, and Mendelssohn. This letter, absent the postscript, is published in Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s Briefwechsel mit Legationsrat Karl Klingemann in London, 1909, pp. 84-87. Our special thanks to one of the world’s leading Mendelssohn experts, Dr. Rudolf Elvers, for his help in researching this letter. Normal folding. Address leaf and wax seal intact, but the resulting tear affects several words. Light restoration, yet in overall fine condition. Mendelssohn letters of this length and quality have become increasingly rare. From the Rudolf Kallir collection." 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