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Liszt, Franz AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (FLISZT"), IN FRENCH, TO THE POLISH COMPOSER JULIUSZ ZAREBSKI, WITH AN AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL EXAMPLE, 9 MAY 1878 informing him that he will be arriving at Paris on 28 May as a member of the Hungarian jury at the Paris World's Fair, and that he is going to experience the marvels of the "double piano", supplying a musical example to illustrate an aspect of the instrument, and also requesting the address of his former secretary and friend, Gaetano Belloni ("...j'entendrai les merveilles du piano à double clavier...") 2 pages, 8vo (18 x 11.5cm), integral blank, with the upper cover only of the autograph envelope, Weimar, 9 May 1878, traces of mount to integral, some spotting, splitting along hinge