Fine Books and Manuscripts

1 page, 12mo, with integral address leaf, remains of seal on address leaf, possibly cut down from a larger sheet, creased, small clear mounting corners to blank area. Requesting a ground-floor box ("Baignoire") at the opera for that night's performance at the Thatre Italien, presuming the performance is not "Le tre nozze". Probably written during his productive years while residing in Paris with his companion Giuseppina Strepponi. Jules Alary's three-act comic opera Le tre nozze was first performed in Paris at the Thatre-Italien on 29 March 1851.