Remarkable red leatherbound autograph album entitled ‘The Shakespeare Birthday Book,’ containing various quotations and images from Shakespeare, compiled by the violinist Wilma Neruda (signed by her on the opening page), signed throughout by a variety of important 19th century figures, including: Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch (AMQS), Hugo Becher (AMQS), Ignaz Brull, Hans von Bulow, Alfredo Piatti, Antonin Dvorak, Niels W. Gade (AMQS), Fritz Gernsheim, Carl Goldmark, Nina Grieg, Charles Halle, Otto Hegner, Stephen Heller, Georg Henschel, Joseph Joachim, Vladimir Pachmann, Ignacy Paderewski, David Popper, Sims Reeves (AMQS), Louis Reis, Anton Rubinstein, Pablo de Sarasate, Emil Sauer, Clara Schumann, Marie Schumann, James Scott Skinner, Ludwig Straus, Henri Vieuxtemps, Henryk Wieniawski, John Everett Millais, Queen Alexandra, Grande Duchess Alice of Hesse, King Christian IX of Denmark, Prince Christian Victor, Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, Helena of Schleswig-Holstein, Count James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of Dunmore, Grand Duchess Louise of Russia (2), Princess Louise (2), Queen Louise of Denmark, and Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (who infamously committed suicide at Mayerling). A sketch of characters from A Midsummer Night’s Dream is also drawn on an opening page, initialed “SD.” In fine condition. A wonderful compilation of renowned musicians and royal figures.
