ALS in Italian, signed "G. Verdi," one page, 5.25 x 8.25, August 27, 1880. Letter to an unidentified engineer, in which Verdi sends his thanks for the work and layouts proposed to renovate the rural buildings on the canal Castellazzo, and further states, in part [translated]: "I kindly ask you to accept this small sum, very sorry that my financial problems do not permit me to carry out your very beautiful projects." Mounted and matted beside a portrait. In very good to fine condition, with scattered light staining and creasing, small edge tears, a small area of paper loss to lower edge, and evidence of archival tape reinforcements on the reverse.
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