Beschreibung:

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY"), IN FRENCH, TO ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL APPARENTLY UNRECORDED AND UNPUBLISHED in his letter, added below an invitation to Brunel in the hand of his friend Adolphe d'Eichthal, Mendelssohn invites Brunel in his own name to a soirée the following Friday, informing him that there will be a little music, noting that the gathering will be an intimate one and that he is relying on the air which he has promised to play, and expressing the hope that he will keep his promise ("...Nous serons tout à fait entre nous & ferons un peu de musique; j'ai beaucoup compté sur l'air, que vous avez promis de me jouer..."); in his invitation, written in English, d'Eichthal requests the honour of Brunel's company "on thursday next the 16th inst at 6 O'clock", giving his address as 5 Hunter Street, Brunswick Square, adding that he "as secretary to the Right honorable F. Mendelssohn Bartholdi desires & summons the said I. Brunel Esq. to appear on friday evening at half past eight o'clock in presence of the same in his hotel to fulfill his engagement with the aforesaid right honourable gentleman to play an air on the piano", and appending Mendelssohn's address ("103 G.t Portland S.t") 2 pages, 4to (22.6 x 18.5cm), the letter dated, apparently in a third hand ("July 10 - 1829"), and annotated, also on the first page, possibly in a fourth hand ("M. d'Eichthal and F. Mendelssohn to Isambard Brunel - Junr - "), a later manuscript entry in pencil at the head of the first page ("This letter belongs to S.F.W.") partially erased, integral autograph address panel, postmark to integral, [London], Vendredi [Friday] [10 J[ul]y 1829], seal tears on integral repaired, address panel discoloured