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Italian poet and librettist (1698-1782) considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti. Scarce ALS in Italian, one page both sides, 7.5 x 9, June 1769. Content-rich handwritten letter by Pietro Metastasio, in part (translated): "Our most gracious Lord Aurelio Mansi, finally returned from his devout pilgrimage to the chaste Adriatic lagoons, I was also given two very elegant copies of the singing applause with which Apollo and the Muses celebrated…two such clear and illustrious names Montecatini and Buonvisi. I found the collection worthy of the subject, no less than of the official care of the enlightened Collector; and I extend lively and sincere thanks to Fortune who, by opposing insurmountable obstacles to my desire, has saved me from the trial of such dangerous comparisons. The composition with which he announces…the arrival of Parnassus, is so garnished with thoughts, images of harmony and poetic warmth, that it enraptures the reader in its value: and the song, which boasts the same prerogatives, does not need to flaunt them with the historical tale of the anguish in which it was produced." In fine condition. Scarce in any form, this is just the third Metastasio autograph that RR has ever offered, and the first ALS.
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