Encyclopedia Of Violin-Makers (2 volumes)
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. (NOTE WELL; INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFCANT ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST. PLEASE INQUIRE) Two volumes, first printings. Massive quarto sized set. Illustrated with color plates, black and white photos of instruments, labels and makers marks, drawings and diagrams. Vol I (A-K) 482 pp. with index of illustrations; Vol II (L-Z) 397 pp. with index of illustrations and bibliography. Ex-library with usual markings in dust jackets with library stickers on spines. Body of the texts clean and bright. The definitve history of the craft of violin making as it developed in Central and Western Europe and as it spread across the globe. Biographical details and comments on every known craftsman are given, together with illustrations of instruments by the most important makers, a bibliography and a supplement describing stringed instruments of the world. Item #E24468
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