Autograph album leaf signed.
[London], 20. IV. 1886.
8vo. 1 page on bifolium. With autograph envelope.
€ 200.00
To the musician Frederick Allan Wilshire (1868-1944): "Dear Sir! I hereby comply with your wish. / Very truly Yours / August Manns. / Musical Director / Crystal Palace".
From the year 1855 until his retirement, Manns managed the Crystal Palace as art director and gradually expanded its band into a full orchestra.
With printed letterhead of the "Crystal Palace Company". Letter slightly brownstained, envelope showing some brown-, dust-, and fingerstaining.
