G. Michelmore & Co.: Old books, autographs and manuscripts: including rare bibles inter alia the first English and the first printed in England, rare missals, breviaries and other service books of various "uses" etc. (Katalog Nr. 21) (London: G. Michelmore & Co., 1925)

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146 GOUNOD (C.). Important Series of 27 A.Ll.s. 40 pp.
8vo and i2mo. 15/A Nov. 1850-24 Oct. 1892. To Seghers,
Sir Michael Costa, Vaucorbeil, Ritt, Ivan de Woestyne,
M. Alliod, etc. Red morocco. £36
His recent experiences with his La Nonne Sanglante have proved
how perilous it is to complicate an Opera with mechanical resources
which are more a danger than a guarantee of success. To Sir
Michael Costa, Gounod introduces Mme Louise the great cantatrice.
To Vaucorbeil Gounod playfully states :
“ Oui, les coeurs sont sus,
tres sus,
parfaitement sus,
archi sus,”
and he can without the shade of an apprehension grant Jules
Cohen the little conge he wants. The four letters to Ritt commence
with one stating, “ I am always in the absolute impossibility
of moving.”
In the letter of 24th Oct. 1892, he writes : . . . Alas ! I am in
no condition for conferences nor for taking part in concours. I am
near my leave from this world, and I let those run who still have
legs.” Gounod died in the following year. Etc., etc.

147 GRAY (Thos.). An Elegy written in a Country Church
Yard. The Sixth Edition, corrected. 4to. Original
blue paper wrappers, uncut. R. Dodsley in Pall Mall,
1752. £175
The sole Author’s Presentation Copy of the Immortal
Elegy, known. With inscription and corrections in the Poet’s
autograph :
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