1 autograph letter signed and 1 autograph visiting card.

Oblong 12mo and visiting card format. 2 pp. and 3 lines. The letter to an unnamed recipient, possibly the writer douard-Auguste Spoll, asking him to authorize the composer J.-M. Mayan to use a portrait of her for his publication "Le Chant et la voix, tude compl te de l'art lyrique" (Paris, 1891): "Monsieur Mayan m' crit que vous voulez bien lui accorder l'autorisation de se servir pour sa m thode de chant d'un portrait que vous avez publi lors de ma biographie. Si vous n' prouvez aucun inconv nient je vous serai tr s oblig de lui accorder cette autorisation." Spoll is the author of the only contemporary biography of the famous singer "Mme Carvalho : notes et souvenirs avec un portrait l'eau-forte par Lalauze" (Paris, 1885). - The visiting card with lithographed name to thank an unnamed person: "avec ses remerciements et ses souhaits bien sinc res". - Caroline Miolan Carvalho was considered one of the greatest sopranos of her time. As the prima donna at the Th tre Lyrique (1856-67) she created several of Charles Gounod's most famous roles, including Marguerite in Faust (1859), Baucis in Phil mon et Baucis (1860), and Juliette in Rom o et Juliette (1867). - Minor browning. The visiting card with staple holes.