Illustrated by 12 full-page Plates of Violins by Celebrated Makers
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CONTENTS
Prelude—Violin Genesis—Violin Constitution—Violins at Brescia—Violins at Cremona—Violins in Germany—Violins in France—Violins in England—Violin Varnish—Violin Strings—Violin Tarisio—Violins at Mirecourt, Mittenwald, and Markneukirchen—Violin Treatment—Violin Dealers, Collectors, and Amateurs—Postlude—Dictionary of Violin Makers—Bibliography and Description of Plates.
“In matters pertaining to Old Violins he is known as a specialist, and, moreover, one who writes in a pleasant flowing style, which cannot be said of all specialists. His ‘Old Violins’ therefore scarcely needs recommendation. He discourses about Italian, French, and English violins, about varnish, strings, bows, violin dealers, collectors, and amateurs. There are some fine plates, a dictionary of violin makers, and a bibliography. The book is one for reading, and also for reference, and in its lighter pages for recreation.”—Athenæum.
The Book Collector
By W. Carew Hazlitt
A General Survey of the Pursuit, and of those who have engaged in it, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; with an Account of Public and Private Libraries, and Anecdotes of their Founders or Owners, and Remarks on Bookbinding and on Special Copies of Books, illustrated with a beautiful photogravure of a famous sale of books at Sotheby’s, square cr 8vo, art canvas, gilt top, fore and under edges uncut.
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