Author:
Prince George Galitzin [Georges Nicolas Galizine; Galizin; Galitzine] [Sir Giovanni Matteo De Candia ['Mario'] (1810-1883), Italian tenor; Frederick Gye (1810-1878), manager of the Royal Opera House]
Publication details:
Galitzin's letter: 'le Jeudi' [June 1860]; 52 Porchester Terrace, London. Gye's draft: 1 June 1860.
Galitzin's letter: 1 p, 4to. 13 lines. Text clear and complete. On lightly-aged paper with a few pinholes to one corner. Signed 'Georges Galitzin'. He writes regarding the course of action to be taken if, 'par un hasard qelconque ou par conviction M. Tey [i.e. Gye] se refusait a me ceder son theatre pour le concert que je veux donner au profit de la souscription Garibaldi'. The draft of Gye's reply is 1 p, 12mo, docketed on the reverse 'Monsieur le Prince Gaelzin [sic] | 52 Porchester Terrace Bayswater' | June 1 1860'. It is written in French in the third person. 11 lines.
