25 items including original set designs for Alfredo Catalani's opera Loreley; a collection of rare 19th century Portuguese musical imprints, including a number of pieces by women composers; an autograph sketchleaf from Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress; an original portrait drawing of Verdi, apparently unrecorded; a 16th century "picture-motet" with music by Cornelius Verdonck, a very early example of engraved music; and an autograph letter from Wagner to Milanese music publisher Giovanna Lucca relative to rehearsals of Lohengrin
