ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO ANTONIO. Carte-de-visite photograph, inscribed in French to his colleague, Ferdinand Fath and signed ("G. Rossini"). Paris, 1861. 111 x 60 mm. (4 x 2 3/8 in.), including mount, upper right corner chipped, dampstained along bottom margin (touching date and 2 letters of signature), a few minor vertical creases across image. A full-length standing portrait by Blanc & Co., Rome, of the composer with cane beside a table of books and a top hat.