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BERLIOZ (HECTOR) Autograph letter signed ("H. Berlioz"), to Peter Cornelius ("Mon cher et excellent Cornelius"), in French, writing by chance to see whether he will be in Vienna, mentioning that he doubtless knows that Berlioz will conduct "La Damnation de Faust", confirming he will be arriving on the 7th at the Hotel Francfort and asking to see him when he arrives, "Dieu guide ma letter!", 1 page, 8vo, [no place], 3 December 1866; with an autograph letter from Gaetano Donizetti (signed "il vostra Donizetti"), to his friend Gian Agostino Perotti, Maestro di Cappella at St Mark's, recommending the bearer of the letter, the famous cellist Maximilian Bohrer ("celeberrimo Violoncell"), who would like to give a concert and urging Perotti to listen to him perform before anyone else as he is extremely deserving; with integral address leaf and closure-seal in red wax, 1 page, traces of mounting on blank verso of address leaf, the latter torn at edge, 8vo, [Paris], September 1839 (2)