Uncommon ALS in French, signed "H. Berlioz," one page, 5.25 x 8, July 17, 1864. Letter to his publisher Gustave Heinze, in part (translated): "Have you published my three volumes A travers chants, Les Grotesques de la musique and the Soirees de l'orchestre? I saw A travers champs but know nothing about the others...I've written Mr. Pohl three times but he doesn't deign to reply. Kindly send me a copy of the published volumes." In fine condition, with two small repairs to upper left blank area, and a light block of toning from prior display. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in his own hand. Heinze was a translator, critic, and novelist who published Richard Pohl's long-delayed translations of Berlioz's three works; Pohl also wrote an 1884 biography of Berlioz.
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