[Violin] Group of Four Histories of Violin Makers

[Violin]

Group of Four Histories of Violin Makers

Group of four books on the history of the violin. All with several ownership stamps and signatures on several pages.

Anna Alice Chapin. The Heart of Music: the Story of the Violin. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1906. 8vo. 299 pp. Green cloth with pictorial board and gold lettering. Romanticized history of the violin, with frontispiece and decorations by John Rae. Very good.

James M. Fleming. Old Violins and their Makers: Including some references to those of modern times. London: L. Upcott Gill, [1883]. 12mo. 331; 32 pp. Decorative green cloth. History of violins and violin makers. Block partially detached; overall good.

C. Stainer. A Dictionary of Violin Makers, compiled from the best authorities. London: Novello, [1896]. 8vo. 102 pp. Softcover, with stapled covers added by the owner. Wear to the spine; overall very good.

H. R. Haweis. Old Violins and Violin Lore: Famous makers of Cremona and Brescia, and of England, France and Germany (with Biographical Dictionary); Famous Players; and Chapter on Varnish, Strings and Bows. London: William Reeves, [ca. 1927]. 12mo. 293 pp. With 13 pp. including facs. and portraits. Green cloth. Very good. (16521)

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