[Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827)] The Times [April 12, 1827], including a Letter to George Thomas Smart, London.Rare issue of the daily newspaper. Broadsheet. 4 pp. (unpaginated). Contains an unsigned article on p. 2, titled "Beethoven," that publishes a letter, dated "Vienna, March 6," from the recently deceased composer (March 26, 1827) to an unnamed "eminent professor in London" in English translation. The letter is claimed to be "the last he was able to write." 23. 25 x 17. 5 inches (59 x 45 cm). Brittle and split at folds, else fie. The recipient of the