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13900001
…e Furono Liutai in Cremonadal Rinascimento al Romanticismo…And they made violins in cremona from Renaussance to Romantic era.

In English and Italian. Very complete catalog of the exhibition of the “ ente Triennale internazionale degli strumenti ad arco , Consorzio Liutai & Archettai A. Stradivari Cremona. The exhibition in Cremona ,Italy lasted from September 29th to October 22

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$105.00

13900002
1698-1998 I Centenari dei Guarneri Violin Book

300 year anniversary of the Guarneri family Catalog of an exhibition in Cremona in October 1998. Consorzio Liutai & Archettai Cremona. In English and Italian. 108 pages. First edition. 40 full page photographs. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2.

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$90.00

10100007
Amati Quartet, Ex-John Jay & Sandra Day O’Connor

Color photographs of Shinichi Yokoyama from the book the stringed instruments Collections in the Corcoran gallery. By Marchold Rare Violins. 32 pages 9X 12 inches

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$72.00

14400008
Amati, Stradivari, & Guarneri

A book by Roger Hargrave, photography by Stewart Pollens, and music played by Elmar Oliveira on Amati, Guarneri and Stradivari violins from the Library of Congress. Edited by Peter Biddulph, 1997.

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$51.00

14400009
Antonio Stradivari Cremona Exhibit 1987 - By Charles Beare with Bruce Carlson

Book of the Cremona exhibition in 1987. The significance & provenance of each instrument are noted. The history of Cremonese violin making which centered on Stradivari's work of over 70 years is described in detail. Pub. in Great Britain 1993. With cover.

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$450.00

14400010
Antonio Stradivari His Life & Work (1644-1737)

The Life and work of Stradivari by W. Henry Hill, Arthur Hill and Alfred Hill. Dover publications, NY.

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$15.54

13900011
Antonio Stradivari Violin 1716 Mediceo technical folders.

Violin 1716 Mediceo.Technical folders with full-scale reproductions and measurements. Each instrument is presented in 4 or 6 plastic-coated files. Text in Italian and English.Antonio Stradivari , text by Gabriele Rossi-RognoniThe instrument is exhibited a

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$66.00

13900012
Arte Liutaria - Analysis & Restoration

Analysis of Antique instruments and restoration techniques. By Carlo Vettori. Edition Firenze 1996 limited to 1000 copies and signed by Carlo Vettori. 169 Pages numerous color photos; illustrations and a CD.

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$225.00

13900013
Augusto e Gaetano Pollastri - Bologna 1877-1960

A book by Cesare Magrini about the Pollastri family. Cremona 1990. 85 pages; numerous illustrations. 12 x 8 1/2. 1877 to 1960. Published by Turris.

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$150.00

13900016
Book A. Pollens Stradivarius Violin Forms

For violin makers & instrument lovers. Forms; molds; drawings; patterns of Stradivarius original size. 17 1/2 x 13 3/4. Printed in Lunenburg; Vermont 1992. By Steward Pollens associate conservator of New York Metropolitan Museum. Peter Biddulph London.

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$325.00

13900017
Capolavori di Andrea Amati 1991

A deep work in English and Italian by Andrea Mosconi and Laurence Witten for the Ente Triennale Internazionale di Cremona 1991. Numerous full page color photos and illustrations. 92 pages. 11 5/8 x 8 inches.

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$40.00

13900018
Carlo Giuseppe Oddone Violin 1898 .Technical folders

Violin 1898 .Technical folders with full-scale reproductions and measurements. All instrument are presented in 4 or 6 plastic-coated files. Text is in both in Italian and English. Oddone is one of the most representative exponents of Piedmontese violin making.

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$35.00

13900021
Celebrazioni Stradivariane 1737-1987

In Italian. Celebrazioni Stradivariane 1737-1987. Ente Triennale. The book of the celebration of Stradivarius 250 years anniversary in Cremona 1737-1987. 140 pages. Photos black and white of Cremonese violinmaker's instruments. 11 x 9 inches.

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$78.00

13900022
Cremona's Instruments (1st Edition)

By Andrea Mosconi Cremona books. The Town Hall and the Collection of Stringed Instruments. Introduction by Carlo Chiesa. 108 pages color photos. Hardcover

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$47.50

13900023
Cremonese Double Basses

By Duane Rosengard. Limited Edition. 1000 numbered copies. In English and Italian. 141 pages. Numerous color photos. Size: 22 cm x 30 cm.

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$325.00

13900024
Cremonese Double Basses Deluxe

By Duane Rosengard. Limited Edition Turris 1992. 1000 numbered copies in English and Italian. Hard jacket. 141 pages. Numerous color photos. 22 cm x 30 cm.

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$495.00

13900027
Domenico Montagnana - Exhib.1997 Lendinara Lauter in Venetia

Montagnana's memories & works with photos of 11 instruments. Technical & historical info. Articles: Charles Bear; P. L. Bagatin; R. Vianello; A. Cavicchi; R. Meucci; M. Peruffo; S. Toffolo. 1st Ed.'98. Cover. 248 pg large format. Italian & English.

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$225.00

13900028
Domenico Montagnana Cello 1742 Technical folders

Cello 1742 Jarnaker Domenico Montagnana, text by Fausto Cacciatori Montagnana is the most important exponent of Venetian violinmaking. His cellos are sought-after for their great originality, and the excellent tone.

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$54.50

13900029
Domenico Montagnana Violin 1730-40.Technical folders

Violin 1730-40.Technical folders with full-scale reproductions and measurements. Each instrument is presented in 4 or 6 plastic-coated files. Text in both Italian and English.

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$41.50

10100032
Evelyn& Herbert Axelrod Stringed Instrument Collection

128 pages.

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$175.00

13900035
Gio Batta Morassi

A beautiful book about Morassi's life; pupils and work; by Roberto Codazzi. In English with numerous photos of his and his pupils instruments. A complete bibliography. 112 Pages. 12 x 9 inches. Edition Cremona Book 2000.

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$75.00

13900036
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1711-1786)

The life and achievements of a master maker of violins. By Duane Rosengard. This limited edition feature 125 pages of full color photos of over 40 violins, violas and celli from each of the master maker's periods. Numerous historical documents, engraving

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$400.00

13900037
Giuseppe Guarneri Del Gesu - 2 Volume edition - London

Two Volumes totaling 339 Pages, containing numerous diagrams, measurements and drawings, with in-depth history of the violins. Displays the 25 violins at the metropolitan museum of art in New York City. This is the most comprehensive study ever made on del Gesú and his works. This Limited edition is a new standard in violin books.

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$875.00

13900038
Giuseppe Guarnerius del Gesu - H. Kaston; 1732 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violin. New York 1998. History of the violin G. GUARNERIUS cremona 1732 ex-Kaston. 16 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation; 16 photos. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$36.00

10100041
Guarneri del Gesu - Ex Sorkin; 1731 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violins. New York 1998. History of the violin Guarnerius del Gesu 1731 Ex-Sorkin. 32 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation; 20 photos. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$35.40

24400042
Guarneri Family - Hill - 1931 Edition

The Violin-makers of the Guarneri Family by Hill; 1626-1762 Edition 1931; Oxford; of the famous book by William Henry Hill; Arthur F. Hill and Alfred Ebsworth Hill. Original Publication. Comes with cover. 182 pages. 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/2.

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$1080.00

24400043
Guarneri Family - Hill - 1980 Edition

A beautiful book about the violin-makers of the Guarneri family; their life and work (1626-1762) by William Henry Hill. Edition 1980. Written in English. 190 pages with many color and black and white illustrations of violins. 12 x 9 x 1.

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$195.00

10100049
How Many Strads - 1999 Edition Bein & Fushi

Originally published more than fifty years ago, How Many Strads? remains an invaluable reference on Stradivari and his instruments with detailed information and photographs. Previously only available at rare book prices. The complete original text is reproduced in an easier-to-view, larger size with enhanced photographs. Three new appendixes added. Three New Appendixes: Many new illustrations of Stradivari instruments that appear in no other books. Comprehensive index of Stradivari instruments illustrated in the literature with more than 100 sources referenced. History of the Stradivari Society®. 12 x 9 x 1.

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$165.95

13900050
I Percorsi di Giovanni Battista Guadagnini The Travels of J. B. Guadagnini

Catalog of an exhibition in Cremona 1999. By the Entente Triennale Internationale degli Strumenti ad Arco-Consorzio Liuttai & Archettai Antonio Stradivari Cremona. 128 pgs. color photos of 14 instruments. Italian & English.

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$120.00

13900051
Il Suono di BolognaThe Sound of Bologna

The sound of Bologna :Exhibition catalog December 2002, soft bound in slipcase 132 pages.With Genealogy chart of violin makers of Bologna since 1828 to today. From Raffaele Fiorini to the great masters of the 20th century: Giuseppe Fiorini, Augusto Polla

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$125.00

14900052
Italian and French Violin Makers Vol. I

This volume details more than 20 violins, violas and violoncellos by the Italian and French masters of violin making. The instruments span four centuries and are the essence of this photo documentary – a limited edition of just 2000 copies.By Jost Thoene. In addition to essays by Florian Leonhard and Igor Moroder, there is a short biography of each master and drawings by the Italian artist Ciro Maddaluno. The book contains magnificent life sized colour plates of each instrument. Text is available in English, French, Italian, German and Korean. Instruments from the following makers are displayed in this book: Riccardo Antoniazzi, Paul Bailly, Gustave Bernardel, Primo Contavalli, Raffaele & Antonio Gagliano, Giorgio Gatti, Matteo Goffriller, Antonio Gragnani, Pietro Grulli, Giovanni Battista de Lorenzi, Nicolas Lupot, Pierre Pacherele, Gaetano Pareschi, Ansaldo Poggi, Azzo Rovescalli, Francesco Ruggieri, Iginio Sderci, Sanctus Serafino, Gaetano Sgarabotto, Antonio Sgarbi, Lorenzo Storioni, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume.

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$475.00

14900053
Italian Violin Makers- Meister Italienischer. Geigenbaukunst, 8. Auflage

by Walter Hamma, the 8th edition, revised and enlarged by Josef-Stefan Blum, harcover linen bound with dust jacket, printed in 1993- 804 pp. One of the must have Standard Reference books. Numerous Opinions and judgements on the subject of violins are based upon this book. The encyclopedia not only contains the great Italian makers but also those of lesser repute. More that 300 famous violins are described and the instruments chosed are representative examples of the maker's work and not some unusual or uncharacteristic specimen. Special attention has been put on the quality of the photographs and illustrations assembled in order to show the details of F holes and C-bouts. A total of 148 violin makers from the 17th century up until 1930. Text in English,German, French and Italian.

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$197.50

14900054
Italienische Violinen des 18. Jahrhunderts

18th Century Italian Violins by John Huber in German and English. Full-page color photos of a collection of Italian violins from the 18th century. Edition Bochinsky 2000.

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$186.00

13900058
Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu - Cremona 1995 - NLF

Exhibition in Cremona 1995. Numerous photos. Text in Italian and English. Hard cover. 80 pages. 10 x 13.

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$120.00

14900059
Kleine Geigen Grosse Meister - VDG - Thomas; Aachen

(SMALL VIOLIN GREAT MAKERS) An unusual catalog in German of small size violins. Exposition Aachen 1995.

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$42.00

13900060
La Liuteria lombarda del ' 900( Twentieth-century Lombard violin making)

By the Ente Triennale Internazionale degli Strumenti ad Arco Consorzio Liutai & Archettai Antonio Stradivari Cremona, edited by Roberto Codazzi, Cinzia Manfredini. 190 pages. Photos of violins by Antoniazzi, Bisiach, Sgarabotto, Ornati, etc…

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$90.00

13900069
Liutai Italiani Di Ieri E Di Oggi dall'ottocento ai giorni nostri

In Italian, by Gualtiero Nicolini, this book is presented like a dictionary of modern and contemporary violin makers of Italy. Numerous photos in black and white of violinmakers and their violins some fac simile labels. This is a very important book for c

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$150.00

13900070
Liutai Piemontesi fra 19th e 20th Sec.

The Piemontesi Violin makers of the 19th and 20th century. From Pressenda to Fagnola. By the Consorzio Liutai & Archettai CREMONA. First Edition 1997. 80 pages. Full page color photos of excellent quality. Text in English and Italian. 24cm x 32cm.

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$105.00

13900071
Liuteri Sonadori Venezia 1750- 1870( Violin Makers and Players Venice 1750- 1870) Vol. 1

By Stefano Pio, edition Venice Research.403 pages, color photos of violins and documents.

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$295.00

13900072
Liuteria Italiana 1800-1900 Italian violin making

By Azzolina Liuteria Italiana dell' ottocento e del novecento. Edition Turris Cremona. Text in Italian and English. Very useful record on modern Italian violin makers. 333 pgs. 105 photos.

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$312.00

13900073
Liuteria Italiana 1800-1900 Italian violin making Deluxe Edition

By Azzolina Liuteria Italiana dell'ottcento e del novecento. Turris Cremona. Limited edition to 1000 numbered. Text in Italian & English. 333 pgs and photos. Very useful record of modern Italian violin makers. Very rare; priced in catalog over $450.

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$540.00

13900074
Liuteria Italiana en la Argentina ( Italian Violin Making in Argentina)

By Pablo Alejandro Saravi. Edition Eric Blot. 140 pages numerous ,color photos and useful dimensions.

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$125.00

13900075
Liuteria Moderna in Emilia-Romagna (Modern Violin Making in the Emilia-Romagna Region)

By Artemio Versari.Edition il Salabue.Sponsors by Eric Blot, Christophe Landon, florian Leonhard, Matsuo & Co, Andreas Post, Sabatier, Kenneth Warren & son, ltd.300 pages.

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$350.00

14400077
Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making (1620-1850)

Important Stringed instruments from the Collection at the Royal Academy of Music.By David Rattray. In English .192 pages ,color photos in full page , 33X25 cm .Published by Balafon Books year 2000.

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$150.00

13900078
Mostra di Antonio Stradivari 1963 - Reprint 1996

Italian Title: Mostra di Antonio Stradivari. Written in English; Deutsche; French and Italian. Exhibition Palazzo Borromeo - Isola Bella 26 agosto - 10 settembre 1963. By Turris Cremona 1996. 80 pages. Numerous photos of Stradivari violins.

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$90.00

13900079
Otello Bignami

Illustrations of Otello Bignami and his instruments; stiff paper cover includes his biography and bibliography and a list of his pupils. 132 pages. Published by Cremona Books. Author: Turris.

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$150.00

13900081
Pietro Guarneri di Venezia Violin 1740 (1743) Baron Knoop Technical folders.

Violin 1740 (1743) Baron Knoop. Technical folders with full-scale reproductions and measurements. Each instrument is presented in 4 or 6 plastic-coated files. Text in both Italian and English. Pietro Guarneri di Venezia, text by John Dilworth.

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$41.50

13900084
Santo Serafino Violin 1740. Technical folders

Violin 1740. Santo Serafino, text by Fausto Cacciatori is considered one of the best classic Italian violinmaker. He worked in Venice following the Cremonese models. The folder contains 5 coloured plates, presentation text and measurements.

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$41.50

13900085
Sesto Rocchi - Turris

Sesto Rocchi a cura di Gianfranco Boretti. A life for violin making. Edition TURRIS-CREMONA 1994. In English and Italian; color photos and illustrations. 157 pages. 9 x 12.

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$275.00

13900086
Simone Fernando Sacconi Centenary Celebration - 2nd Edit.

Centenary Celebration. Edition TURRIS-CREMONA 1996 Second Edition. In English and Italian; color photos and illustrations. 100 pages. 9 x 13.

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$150.00

13900087
Stefano Scarampella

Stefano Scarampella violin maker his time , his family for the exhibition in Brescia in october 2002 in Santa Giulia, Museum of the City. Edition Eric Blot. 145 pages full size color photos.

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$110.00

10100089
Stradivari - The Sunrise; 1677 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violins. New York 1998. History of the violin Antonio Stradivari; cremona 1677 The Sunrise. 48 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation; 35 photos. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$35.40

10100090
Stradivari Ex Andrejeus; 1708-09 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violins. New York 1998. History of the violin Antonio Stradivari; cremona 1708 ex Andrejeus. 32 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation; 16 photos etc. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$35.40

10100091
Stradivari Ex De Ahna; 1683 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violins. New York 1998. History of the violin Antonio Stradivari; cremona 1683 ex De Ahna. 32 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation; 20 photos. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$35.40

10100092
Stradivari Ex Parera; 1679 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violins. New York 1998. History of the violin Antonio Stradivari; cremona 1679 ex - Parera. 31 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$35.40

10100093
Stradivari Ex Rochester; 1720 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violins. New York 1998. History of the violin Antonio Stradivari; cremona 1720 ex Rochester. 31 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation; 27 photos. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$35.40

10100094
Stradivari Guarneri del Gesu - EX Ladenburg; 1735 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violins. New York 1998. History of the violin Antonio Stradivari; cremona 1735 ex Ladenburg. 32 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation; 32 photos. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$36.00

10100095
Stradivari Reports & Documents 1937

ReEdition by Cremona book in 1999 of a famous book from 1937 of Carlo Bonetti; Agostino Cavalcabo; and Ugo Gualazzini about Stradivari's life. In English. 109 pages. Consists of his family tree; photos of his violins; labels; his rooms etc. Size: 9 x 6.

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$42.00

13900096
Stradivarius Ex Prince Gursky; 1696 - M.N.Y.

Beautiful book by Machold rare violins. New York 1998. History of the violin of Antonio Stradivarius cello 1696 the ex-Prince Gursky. 32 pages; numerous illustrations; copies of certificates; letters of documentation; 22 photos. 9 1/4 x 12 inches.

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$35.40

13200097
Stradivarius Guarnerius dl Gesu Catalogue descriptif de leurs instruments by Charles-Eugene Gand 1870

A reprint of the famous hand writting book by Gand in 1870 about his work on several important instruments.Introduction by Sylvette Millot in French and English. 184 pages ,edition 1994 Les Amis de la Musique. Size 7 ½ X 4 ¾

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$155.00

13900101
The “Secrets” of Stradivari by Simone E. Sacconi ,edition Eric Blot 2000

In English; by Simone Sacconi. The most important book on the subject; a bible for violinmaker and amateur. Lot of drawings; color and black and white photos. 282 pages. Size 12 x 9 inches.

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$195.00

18860106
The Chi-Mei Collection of Fine Violins

By the Chi-Mei Culture Foundation of Taiwan.the collection covers a wide-range of violins violas and cello made by significant classical and modern masters. Edition limited to 4000 copies. 115 pages photos of 16 prestigious instruments;N. Amati 1656, Dush

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$330.00

10100107
The Dr. Herbert Axelrod Stradivari Quartet

By Jacques Francais photos by Isabelle Francais ,include the Greffuhle Stradivari 1709, the Ole Bull Stradivarius 1687, the viola Herbert Axelrod 1695 and the Marylebone cello 1688.

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$75.00

13900108
The Genius of Violin Making in Cremona

By Marco Vinicio Bissolotti Edition Novecento Cremona september 2000. 100 pages of text and numerous color photos of instruments by Bissolotti.

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$55.00

10100109
The Late Cremonese Violin Makers

A general need for improved knowledge of post-Golden period Italian violin making has prompted the creation of this book, bringing to life a previously little explored subject by revealing recently discovered facts and proposing original theories regardin

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$400.00

14400112
The Stadivari Legacy - Biddulph London

A revolutionary book by Carlo Chiesa and Duane Rosengard about the recent discovery of Stradivari's testament; with many documents and letters about Antonio Stradivari's life. Ed. Peter Biddulph; London 1998. English. 148 pgs. Many great photos & Cover.

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$210.00

13300113
The Violin (Venetian Red Violin) Book Paris 1995 - Deluxe Hard Cover

English translation of French LES VIOLONS about Venetian violins. Exhibition in Paris. Photos of major instruments and description. 294 pgs. Reference on Venetian school of violin making in 18 century. Photos of Montagnana; Goffriller; Peter Guarnerius

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$150.00

14400115
The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesu

An Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art commemorating the 250th anniversary of the maker's death. Edition Peter Biddulph London 1994.

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$54.00

13300116
The Violin Venitian Exhibition Paris 1995 - REG Soft cover

English translation of French LES VIOLONS about Venetian violins. Exhibition in Paris. Photos of major instruments and descriptions. 294 pgs. Reference on Venetian school of violin making in 18 century. Photos of Montagnana; Goffriller; Peter Guarnerius.

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$100.00

14400117
The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family

The life and work of the Guarneri Family by W. Henry Hill, Arthur Hill and Alfred Hill. Dover publications, NY.

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$27.54

18100118
The Washington Museum Collection 3 Volumes

Exceptional books of photos of the most important instruments of the Corcoran Gallery; Library of Congress & the Smithsonian Institution. Slipcover; leather bound; photos by Shinichi Yokoyama. Edited by Gakken. English & Japanese. Limited edition No.1986.

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$1800.00

13900119
A century of Italian Violin Making 1860 - 1960 Emilia Romagna (Blot #1)

A century of Italian Violin Making 1860-1960 in Emilia Romana By Eric blot Edition Turris Cremona1996 . Very famous and rare book In English and Italian the most advanced research on Modern Italian violin making with documents and full page color photo. 2

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$337.50

13090120
A century of Italian Violin Making 1860 - 1960 Liguria (Blot #3)

A century of Italian Violin Making 1860-1960 in Liguria Number 3 By Eric blot and Alberto Giordano Edition Turris Cremona1997. Very famous and rare book In English and Italian the most advanced research on Modern Italian violin making with documents and f

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$341.50

13900121
A century of Italian Violin Making 1860 - 1960 Lombardia-Veneto (Blot #2)

A century of Italian Violin Making 1860-1960 in Lombardia e Veneto By Eric blot Edition Turris Cremona1995.Very famous and rare book In English and Italian the most advanced research on Modern Italian violin making with documents and full page color photo

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$383.50

13900122
A century of Italian Violin Making 1860 - 1960 Piedmont (Blot #4)

150 Anni di Liuteria in Piemonte,150 Years of Violinmaking in Piedmont.By Eric blot in English and Italian. Edition Eric Blot Cremona 2001. Very famous and rare book In English and Italian the most advanced research on Modern Italian violin making with d

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$487.50

13900124
Violin Book Annibale Fagnola Liuteria Piemontese

Beautiful book Liuteria Piemontese Edizioni I Salabue 1999. 255 Pages numerous color photos and description. Giovanni Accornero; Ivan Epicoco; Eraldo Guerci. Retail priced for more than $250. Size 14 x 10.

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$330.00

13900125
Violin Book Francesco Bissolotti

By Marco Vinicio Bissolotti edition Cremona Book. In English 1999. 112 pages illustrated color photos of 11 instruments. Size: 12 1/2 x 9.

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$75.00

10100127
Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari

By Herbert K. Goodkind.Treatises on the life and work of the Patriarch of the violinmakers. Inventory of 700 known or recorded Stradivari string instruments. Index of 3,500 names of past or present Stradivari owners. Photographs of 400 Stradivari Instru

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$575.00

13900129
Violinmaker Cesare Candi & Paganini's Violin 1948

An interesting book about the meeting of Paganini and Cesare Candi; how Candi made violins and more. Reprinted by Cremona books in 1999. First edition in 1948; by Carlo Nardi. Written in English with italic Italian sentences. 93 pages with many photos.

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$36.00

13900130
Violinmakers of the Marches

An interesting book about violinmakers from Ancona; Ascoli; Macerata and Pesaro Urbino; 1935. Reprinted by Cremona books in 1999. Alphabetical index of the violin makers by Riccardo Gabrielli. In English. 126 pgs with photos of the makers and their works.

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$190.00

13900142
Four Centuries Of Violin Making

640 Pages heavy-stock paper. All photos digitally re-mastered. Front & Back shots of each instrument plus scroll shots and enlarged detailed photos of selected instruments. Bound in cloth with custom slip-case. Limited edition of 3920.

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$295.00

13900144
Capicchioni Life and works of violin makers Marino and Mario

192 pages, 52 full color instruments plates. Author: Marcello Villa Dimensions 9.5 x 13 inches.

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$190.00

13900146
Il Conte Cozio di Salabue: Violin Making and Collecting in Piedmont

Hardcover book/catalog of the exhibition held October 2005 in Casale Monferrato, commemorating the 250th anniversary birthday of Cozio. The book shows an exquisite representation of the widely recognized Piedmontes violin making school. Just to name a few makers included in this book: Luigi Azzola, Enrico Catenar, Antonio Guadagnini, Carol Guadagnini, Felice Guadagnini, Francesco Guadagnini, Gaetano Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Giuseppe Guadagnini, Giuseppe II Guadagnini, Paolo Guadagnini, Edoardo Marchetti, Enrico Marchetti, Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, Rocca Giuseppe, and Spirito Sorsana. 169 pages Dimension 9.5 x 13 inches.

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$245.00

10700147
The Great Russian Collection

Dimensions : 9-7/8” (25cm) X 13-3/4” (35cm) Hard Cover, 224 pages, 104 color plates Text in Russian with full English translation Limited Edition of 550 Books Only 450 Books available for sale

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$395.00

14400168
The Cooper Collection Vol. 1

Over 30 Italian instruments and 40 French and English bows are illustrated in color with measurements. Comes with a sturdy slip-cover.

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$140.00

14400169
The Cooper Collection Vol. 2

31 English, French and Italian instruments plus 65 English bows are illustrated in over 350 color photographs, with full measurements of each instrument and the weight of each bow. Nine aspects of each instrument and two of each bow are shown. In German, French, Italian and Japanese. Comes with a sturdy slip-cover.

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$140.00

13900170
Violin and Lute Makers of Venice 1640 - 1760

The author Stefano Pio has achieved one of the most important, and complete researches ever published on the history of violin making in Italy between mid-17th to mid-18th centuries. Includes makers such as Matteo Goffriller, Francesco Gobetti, Carlo Tononi, Pietro Guarneri, Santo Serafin, and Domenico Montagnana. This book contains photographs of 51 instruments. This hardcover book containing 383 pages. Dimensions 12.5 x 9.75 inches

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$325.00

13900171
Gli Annarumma. Curcuma, sandracca, mastice in lacrime. La liuteria napoletana a salerno

By Alessio de Dominicis edition Cremona Book. In English and italian 2003. 124 pages illustrated color photos of instruments. dimensions: 12 1/2 x 9 inches.

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$75.00

13900172
Marino Capicchioni e Mario Capicchioni liutai

The entire life of Marino Capicchioni was guided by an extraordinary natural vocation for violin-making. It would otherwise be difficult to explain why a person born in a part of Italy without great traditions in the making of violins, violas and cellos, and who lived in a period marked by serious difficulties in cultural meetings and exchanges, was able to produce instruments of such outstanding quality, recognised ever before his death as among the most important creations in the field in the whole of the century. Hardcover with dust cover 160 pages. Dimensions 13.5 x 9.5 inches.

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$175.00

13900173
Celeste Farotti

A monogaraph of this famous twentieth century violinmaker and copyist based on the English translation of the wellknown text “Portrait of a Violin Maker by Giovanni Iviglia” published in 1953. The new edition includes unedited photographs of instruments. 72 pages Dimensions 12.5 x 9.5 inches sturdy soft cover. Eric Blot Edition

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$82.50

13900179
I violoncelli di Antonio Stradivari: Antonio Stradivari's Cellos

A wonderful book on Stradivari's cellos containing 192 pages. With in the 192 pages there are over 80 pages of high quality color photos of cellos from 1684 to 1732. Softcover, dimensions 12 x 9.75 inches.

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$75.00

13900184
Liuteria in Toscana I lutai Contemporanei: Violin-Making in Tuscany Contemporary Violin-Makers & Violin-Makers of the 20th Century

This book is dedicated to the violin-making of the late 19th and 20th century and. This book contains detailed illustrations of 48 instruments by the following makers: Piero Badalassi, Giuseppe di Saladino Bargelli, Alfio Batelli, Lorenzo Bechini, Carlo Bisiach, Serafino Casini, Lapo Casini, Oreste Cavallini, Valentino De Zorzi, Alfredo Del Lungo, Giuseppe Del Lungo, Fernando Del Perugina, Fernando Ferroni, Raffaele Giusquiani, Guido Maraviglia, Edoardo Martini, Silvio Vezio Paoletti, Milton Poggini, Stelio Rossi, Giuseppe Scarampella, Igino Sderci, Luciano Sderci, Giuseppe Stefanini, and Mitsumasa Usui, Dario Vettori. Double Volume book. These are hardcover books containing 135 (Vol.1) and 224 (Vol.2) pages and are 12.5 x 9.75

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$337.50

13900185
The Life and Connections of Leonidas Rafaelian Violin Maker

This work is dedicated to the greatest genius musician of the 20th and 21st centuries, to the cellist and conductor Maestro Mstislav Rostropovich. This Hardcover book contians 112 pages, velvet surface, a dust cover, Italian, English, Chinese, and Japanese. Also comes in a velvet coverd slip-case Dimensions 13 x 9.5

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$125.00

13900187
Renato Scrollavezza e la Scuola di Parma and the School of Parma

This book is published in rememberance of the Violinmaking Course held at the A. Boitio Music School between 1975 and 1992. The book is B&W with a few color images, has a page count of 102, and the diemsions are 12.5 x 9.

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$75.00

13900193
La Bottega dei Violini Carletti (The Carletti's Violin-Making Workshop)

Detailed book on the instruments made in the Carletti Workshop. Softcover in slip-case

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$145.00

13900203
Archimede Orlandini Violin Maker of Parma

By: Luca Fanfoni. Archimede Orlandini Violin maker of Parma displays in color 14 instruments, with measurements. The instruments are displayed with images of both the front and back. 86 pages, Dimensions 9 x 9 inches, Soft-cover. Text in both Italian and Enlgish.

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$30.00

13900204
Andrea Amati and the birth of the violin ( Un corpo alla ricerca dell'anima… Andrea Amati e la nascita del violino )

edited by: Renato Meucci. A two volume book on Andrea Amati, Volume 1: Exhibition Catalogue, Volume 2: Essays. The Exhibition Catalouge contains an article relative to the origins of violin making in Italy and is followed by historical notes on Andrea Amati. The origins of Italian violin making: rather like an obstacle course, Carlos Chiesa - Historical notes on Andrea Amati, Fausto Cacciatori Report of the analysis of violin Charles IX made by Amati in 1566. This volume contains color illustrations of the instruments on exhibition in many views. Instruments included in this selection are: Violino piccolo, ca. 1570, Violino Tullie House, ca. 1566, Violino carol IX 1566, Viola, ca. 1560, and violoncello The King, post 1538. The Essays contains the following essays: Cremonese culture in the 16th century, Music in the 16th century in Cremona, Reconsidering the origins of the violin, from the fiddle to the violin and the violin 'consort' in the 16th century. Vol 1 - 183 pages, Vol 2 - 160 pages. Dimensions 12 x 9.5 inches, Soft-cover.

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$105.00

13900205
Guide To Violin-Making Inc Cremona

A publication addressed to tourists who want to know everything about the violin-making in Cremona. The Guide shows all the activities in Cremona such as: museums and associations, foundations and events, as well as the violin-makers themselves, This is the ultimate guide of contemporary violin-making in Cremona. Text in both Italian and English, dimensions 8.5 x 5 inches, soft cover.

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$5.00

13900217
Cremonese Violinmakers of the Late 20th Century

by: Yasuno Toshitake. A profile of 26 contemporary cremonese makers. 192 pages, 13.5 x 9.75 inches, hardcover in dust jacket.

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$295.00

10100227
Lady Blunt Stradivarius-Violine 1721

Author Henry Werro-Bern 24 pages 5 photographs 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Hardcover hand numbered edition 191 of 200 copies. Comes in a slipcase and is inscribed by Werro. Hand signed dedication to Isaac Stern by Henry Werro in 1952.

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$2500.00

10100228
Ole Bull Joseph Guarnerius Del Gesù

51 pages 2 portraits of Ole Bull, 4 photographs of the violin. Text is in German, French and English. 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches in slipcase Numberd edition limited to 400.

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$450.00

10100229
Die d'egville - Del Gesù

55 Pages, 7 B&W Photographs, 1 Color Photograph. 5 7/8 x 10 inches Hardcover in slipcase. A beautiful monograph about this great violin. Limited to only 500 copies. Copy 432

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$750.00

13900243
Gli Arcani Dell'Anima

Gualtiero Nicolini Gli arcani dell'anima is softcover, 187 pages, 6 x 8 ¼ inches.

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$19.50

13900246
Guida alle Collezioni di Strumenti Musicali d'Italia

by: Fabio Perrone. Softcover, pages 114, dimensions 5 ¼ x 8 inches.

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$18.75

13900251
Domenico Dragonetti and His Two Stradivarius Violins ( Les deux Stradivarius de Domenico Dragonetti )

by: Claude Lebet. Hardcover with leather spine containing: 34 pages, 6 color photographs of the violins, 2 portraits, dimensions 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. No. 342, limited to 500 copies.

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$375.00

13900252
The Amati's DNA - A Dinasty of Stringed Instrument Makers in Cremona - Hardcover



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$105.00

13900288
Antonio Stradivari - a quarant' anni dalla storica mostra di Stresa (1963-2003) - Fondonzione Pro Canale



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$35.00

13900254
Il Triennale Internazionale degli Strumenti Ad Arco

by Antonio Stradivari Cremona 2006 Lists all participants and winners

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$35.00

13900256
Conoscere La Liuteria - Getting to Know Violin Making

Marchini Archive Napoli&Rome

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$420.00

13900141
Count Cozio of Salabue - Violin Making and Collecting in Piedmont - Edition Salabue



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$245.00

13900255
Ferdinando Garimberti - edizioni novecento Giorgio Grisales



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$325.00

14900258
The Emil Hermann Collection Rare Italian Violins,Violas,& Violin Cellos



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$145.00

13900284
Antonius Stradivarius, Cremona 1679- Ex Hellier



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$36.00

13300300
Stradivari, The Violin and the Golden Number

by Eric L. Brooks & Jean Andre Degrotte .

***OUT OF PRINT***

This item is on back order.
You will be notified when item is back in stock. Place your order to be on our back order list. You will not be charged.


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$325.00

13900340
Opera Omnia, The King's Violins, Les Violons du Roi, Hard Cover

2007 Cremona Exhibition Catalog (Hard Cover)

Photos of 21 instruments, accurately illustrated on 8, 6 or 4 pages each with views of the table, back, scroll and decorations.

Measurements of the instruments

Exhibition scientific committee: Charles Beare, Fausto Cacciatori, Bruce Carlson, Carlo Chiesa, Renato Meucci, Christopher Reuning, Duane Rosengard, Marco Tanzi

Text by Bruce Carlson, Carlo Chiesa, Mario A. Lazzari, Curzio Merlo, Renato Meucci, Marco Tanzi
Published by Consorzio Liutai “Antonio Stradivari” Cremona

Edited by Fausto Cacciatori

256 pages, format 245 x 305 mm


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$135.00

13900341
Opera Omnia, The King's Violins, Les Violons du Roi, Soft Cover

2007 Cremona Exhibition Catalog (Soft Cover)

Photos of 21 instruments, accurately illustrated on 8, 6 or 4 pages each with views of the table, back, scroll and decorations.

Measurements of the instruments

Exhibition scientific committee: Charles Beare, Fausto Cacciatori, Bruce Carlson, Carlo Chiesa, Renato Meucci, Christopher Reuning, Duane Rosengard, Marco Tanzi

Text by Bruce Carlson, Carlo Chiesa, Mario A. Lazzari, Curzio Merlo, Renato Meucci, Marco Tanzi
Published by Consorzio Liutai “Antonio Stradivari” Cremona

Edited by Fausto Cacciatori

256 pages, format 245 x 305 mm


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$120.00

13900342
Cesare Candi Liutista by Alberto Giordano

173 pp, Well Illustrated, Hardcover

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$185.00

18860356
Italian Violin Makers Meister Italienischer. Geigenbaukunst, 8. Auflage

English Language Edition by M.E.C. based on the 8th Edition of the original. Hard cover, linen cloth bound in sturdy slip case, 724 pp. Features 177 Italian makers from the 17th century to the 1930s, details of F-holes and C-bouts and scrolls. Standard Reference book. Economically priced.

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$147.50

13900358
Rosa Sonora - by Giovanni Accornero

Catalogue of the guitar exhibtion 2003 in Savigliano / Italie. Text in Italian, 28 instruments with short descriptions, 64 pages, soft-cover

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$32.50

13900359
Mauro Giuliani - by Nicola Giuliani

80    pages,Text in English, Swedish and German, soft cover

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$92.50

13900360
Liuteria Parmense

Catalogue with Renato Scrollavezza and 24 Comtemporary makers in the Parma tradition

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$35.00

13900370
Giuseppe Guarneri Del Gesu - 2 Volume Deluxe edition - London

Two Volumes totaling 339 Pages, containing numerous diagrams, measurements and drawings, with in-depth history of the violins. Displays the 25 violins at the metropolitan museum of art in New York City. This is the most comprehensive study ever made on del Gesú and his works. This Limited edition is a new standard in violin books.

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$1795.00

13900371
Cremona

Photography by Claudio Mazzolari, Text by Silvia Merico, Hard Cover, Photo Collection, 216 pp

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$75.00

13900372
Liuteria Cremonese Contmporanea

By Giancarlo Spotti

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$135.00

13900385
Rome and her Violin Makers - Rome e' I Suoi Leutari by Claude Lebet

Bound volume 24cm by 34cm pp. I-XVI +pp. 1-146, with over 310 full-color illustrations. Printed in Simoncini Garamond font on Splendorgel White paper. The volume, in Italian and English, comes with a cd of music by Locatelli, Germiniani, Montanari, etc., performed by the Musica Antiqua Roma Ensemble (R.Minasi, M.Ceccato, G.Nuti, M.Koell).

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$345.00

13900397
ORIGINALI MODELLI E COPIE- Il cannone di N. Paganini e la natura morta musicale - ORIGINALS, MODELS AND COPIES - The Cannone of Nicolò Paganini and musical still life - Renato Meucci, Andrew Fairfax, Pierre Caradot, Alberto Giordano, Fausto Cacciatori

The first part of the book contains different essays regarding the English copyists in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, the copying in violin making, the copies and models of the Cannone in Italy and also the influence of Guarneri on violin making in France. The central part regards the description of some models of the English, French and Italian school and moreover the original “Il Cannone” of Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù. Moreover the catalogue deals with the theme of musical still life, that is represented by numerous illustrations in the final part of the volume. - 2001, pp.167, ill., br., col., it. & engl. tx.

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$75.00

13900398
I CAPOLAVORI CREMONESI DELLA ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC - MASTERPIECES FROM CREMONA HELD AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC - David Rattray, Bruce Carlson, Andrea Mosconi, Renato Meucci, Marcello Villa, Diego Cantalupi, Patricia Kaden

This book has been published after the exhibition “ The masterpieces of the Academy of Music of London” and includes charts and information on the twelve instruments exhibited. The essays in the book dealt with the Collection at the Royal Academy of Music of London, the moulds of the Museo Stradivariano in relation to the instruments by Antonio Stradivari of the Royal Academy, the masterpieces of Italian stringed instrument making throughout the world, the instrumental Music in Cremona from the epoch of Nicoló Amati and Antonio Stradivari and moreover from the viola tenore to the viola contralto. In the final part of the book you can find the most important exhibition of stringed instruments took place in Cremona from 1937 to 2002 and there are also some illustrations. - 2003, pp. 155, ill., br., col., it. & engl. tx

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$75.00

13900399
The Amati's DNA - A Dinasty of Stringed Instrument Makers in Cremona - Softcover



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$90.00

13900400
CREMONA 1730-1750 - nell’olimpo della liuteria - The Violin Makers of Cremona - Christopher Reuning

The catalogue Cremona 1730- 1750 in the Olympian era of violin making presents the 25instruments tracing, the first decades of this historic period, from the last models produced in the workshop of Stradivarius to the most renowned works of Guarneri and Bergonzi. As in previous years, the catalogue contains several introductory essays on the historical commercial situation in Cremona in the mid-eighteenth century and biographical and technical/construction information on the major violinmakers mentioned. Then there are descriptive details accompanying the photographs of the 25 instruments, whose measurements can be found in comparative tables at the end. - Hard Cover -2008, pp. 240, ill., br., col., it. & engl. tx

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$160.00

13900401
CREMONA 1730-1750 - nell’olimpo della liuteria - The Violin Makers of Cremona - Christopher Reuning

The catalogue Cremona 1730- 1750 in the Olympian era of violin making presents the 25instruments tracing, the first decades of this historic period, from the last models produced in the workshop of Stradivarius to the most renowned works of Guarneri and Bergonzi. As in previous years, the catalogue contains several introductory essays on the historical commercial situation in Cremona in the mid-eighteenth century and biographical and technical/construction information on the major violinmakers mentioned. Then there are descriptive details accompanying the photographs of the 25 instruments, whose measurements can be found in comparative tables at the end. - Soft Cover -2008, pp. 240, ill., br., col., it. & engl. tx

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$145.00

13900402
LA CHITARRA “GIUSTINIANI” - ANTONIO STRADIVARI 1681 - Gianpaolo Gregari

LA CHITARRA “GIUSTINIANI” - ANTONIO STRADIVARI 1681 - Gianpaolo Gregari

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$18.00

13900386
La Pochette du Maitre a Danser

La Pochette du Maitre a Danser -by Claude Lebet

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$195.00

13900388
G. B. Guadagnini



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$390.00

13900389
Dicionario dei Liutai - Italian Violinmakers '500-'800

Diciionario dei Liutai - Italian Voilinmakers'500- '800 - by Xavier Hetz

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$45.00

14900393
The Emil Hermann Collection - Vol 2

The Emil Hermann Collection -Vol 2

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$225.00

14900394
The Emil Hermann Collection - Double Set

The Emil Hermann Collection - Double Set - Rare Italian Violins, Violas and Violoncellos Vol 1+2 both in a sturdy, cloth covered slipcase.

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$370.00