seven autograph letters signed ("spontini"), in french, including six to the publisher a.m. schlesinger in berlin — Spontini, Gaspare

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Estimate: £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,320–$1,981
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Sale: Sotheby's — Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection Part 1, Music, London · 26 October 2017
Record ID: TB-2026-4606311
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Gaspare Spontini, seven autograph letters signed ("spontini"), in french, including six to the publisher a.m. schlesinger in berlin. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2017, lot 128. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606311.

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Gaspare Spontini, seven autograph letters signed ("spontini"), in french, including six to the publisher a.m. schlesinger in berlin. Sotheby's, 26 Oct 2017, lot 128. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4606311.

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