Part III Books, Magazines, etc.
Adelmann, Olga. DIE ALEMANNISCHE SCHULE. Archaischer Geigenbau des 17. Jahrhunderts im südlichen Schwarzwald und in der Schweiz. Berlin, 1990. In German.
136 pp., 184 illustrations. (8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches, stiff paper covers) $100.00 Sold!
Alton, Robert. VIOLIN AND CELLO BUILDING AND REPAIRING. London, 1946.
182 pp., frontispiece, 82 illustrations. (8vo, cloth, d.j. sl. rubbed and torn) Includes full and detailed instructions for making a violin, cello or bow, including selecting wood, making the bass bar, etc. $40.00 Sold!
(Amati) ANDREA AMATI OPERA OMNIA. Les Violons du Roi. Cremona, 2007. In English and Italian.
253 pp., numerous illustrations. (10 x 12 1/2 inches) Wonderful photos of 21 instruments, A beautiful new book. $150.00
Apian-Bennewitz, P. O. DIE GEIGE and ATLAS. Weimar, 1892.
viii, 416 pp., 7 plates, 174 illustrations. Atlas: 14 double-page plates, with 154 illustrations. (bound in new black cloth w/o original covers, in German) $375.00
Applebaum, Samuel and Sada. THE WAY THEY PLAY. BOOK 13. New Jersey: Paganiniana, 1986.
numerous illustrations. $35.00 Sold!
344 pp., 315 photographs of instruments in color, 105 charts. A beautiful and useful book, limited to 1000 copies. $300.00
Bachmann, Alberto. LES GRANDS VIOLONISTES DU PASSÉ. Paris, 1913. In French.
vi, 469 pp., fold-out chronology chart of violinists, fold-out of Tartini work, numerous illustrations, musical examples. (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, bound in boards with original covers and spine pasted down, one page detached) A fascinating book that features an illustration, some biographical information, a list of compositions, and examples of compostions of some 40 important violinists, including Alard, Baillot, de Beriot, Corelli, Dancla, David, Ernst, Fiorillo, Gavinés, Geminiani, Habeneck, Joachim, Kreutzer, Laub, Locatelli, Millanolo sisters, Nardini, Paganini, Rode, Sivori, Tartini, Vieuxtemps, Viotti, Vivaldi, Wieniasky and Wilhelmj. Extremely scarce. $900.00 Sold!
Bachmann, Alberto. LE VIOLON. (Lutherie – Oeuvres – Biographies) Guide a L'usage Des Artistes & Des Amateurs. Paris, 1906.
xi, 198 pp., 25 illustrations, 150 facsimiles of labels. (6 x 9 1/2 inches, 1/4 leather and marbled boards, some wear to covers and spine, some minor foxing, some pages separating) A scarce and interesting book. Regazzi calls it a prelude to Bachmann's Encyclopedia. $275.00
Bachmann, Alberto. GYMNASTIQUE A L'USAGE DES VIOLONISTES pour le Developpement de la Force de la Main Gauche. Paris, 1914.
71 pp., 40 illustrations. (6 1/2 x 10 inches, stiff paper covers, some water damage on the bottom of pages) $100.00 Sold!
Bachmann, Werner. DIE ANFÄNGE DES STREICHINSTRUMENTENSPIELS. Leipzig, 1964.
206 pp., 40 pp. with 97 illustrations. In German. (8vo) Scarce. $75.00 Sold!
Balfoort, Dirk J. DE HOLLANDSCHE VIOOLMAKERS. Amsterdam: H. J. Paris, 1931. Preface by Alfred Hill.
xiv, 48 pp. of text, 1 fold-out, 30 pp. of plates, conataining 101 illustrations of instruments, labels, etc. In Dutch. (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, a lot of foxing, to the text pages, reflected in the price) A very rare and interesting book. $575.00
(Banks, Benjamin) Cooper, A. BENJAMIN BANKS. The Salisbury Violin Maker. 1727-1795. Surrey: Ashford Publications, 1989.
167 pp., nearly 100 plates illustrating different views of numerous Banks instruments, bows, etc. A beautiful book about one of EnglandŐs finest makers. Scarce first edition limited to 1000 copies. Signed by Cooper. $150.00
Bein & Fushi, Inc. THE MIRACLE MAKERS. Stradivari. Guarneri. Oliveira. Chicago, 1998.
The long-awaited book illustrating 30 violins of Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù, with their histories. Plus 3 CDs with Elmar Oliveira demonstrating and comparing all 30 violins. $300.00
Bein & Fushi, Inc. THE "KING JOSEPH" JOSEPH GUARNERIUS DEL GESÙ. Cremona, 1737. Chicago, 1980.
21 pp., (3), 3 color plates. (6 3/4 x 10 1/4 in., leather back and red cloth) Edition limited to 1000. Now quite scarce. $100.00
Bein & Fushi, Inc. THE "PRIMROSE" ANDREA GUARNERI. Cremona, 1697. Chicago, 1983.
21 pp., (3), 5 plates. (6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, leather back and red cloth) Edition limited to 750. Now quite scarce. $100.00
Bessaraboff, Nicholas. ANCIENT EUROPEAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. An Organological Study of the Musical Instruments in the Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, 1941.
xxxiii, 503 pp., 16 plates, 73 illustrations. (sl. wear, edges of covers sl. rubbed) One of the most important and interesting books available on ancient instruments. Scarce first edition. $250.00 Sold!
Boltshauser, Hans. GESCHICHTE DER GEIGENBAUKUNST IN DER SCHWEIZ. Leipzig, Carl Merseburger, 1923. In German.
86 pp., 13 portraits, 28 illustrations of instruments, 33 facsimiles of labels. (stiff boards sl. worn, 6 x 8 1/2 inches) Quite scarce. $125.00 Sold!
Boltshauser, Hans. DIE GEIGENBAUER DER SCHWEIZ. Basel, 1969. In German.
142 pp., including 57 full page plates. (d.j. worn and chipped, book near-fine) $250.00 Sold!
Boretti, Gianfranco and Tromellini, Pina. IN FORMA D'ISTRUMENTO. Liutai Reggiani. 1985.
190 pp., numerous illustrations. (8 x 11 inches, cloth, corner bumped, corner of pages creased) $125.00
Boyden, David. CATALOGUE OF THE HILL COLLECTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1969. The Deluxe Edition.
vii, 54 pp., frontispiece of the "Messiah" Strad, 49 additional pages of plates. (red leather spine and cloth, top edge gilt, in slipcase, middle of spine and front cover bumped) This edition very scarce. $300.00
Cabos, Francine. LE VIOLON ET LA LUTHERIE. Paris: Librairie Gründ, 1948. In French.
111 pp., frontis., 15 plates, several diagrams. (bound in 3/4 leather, leather rubbed, covers a bit warped) Very scarce. $150.00
(Capicchioni) Sbrighi, Pio and Frignani, Lorenzo. MARINO CAPICCHIONI e MARIO CAPICCHIONI LIUTAI. Pazzini, 2005.
159 pp., numerous illustrations, 24 instruments illustrated. (9 ¾ x 13 ½ inches) An interesting book on these important makers. $185.00 Sold!
Carletti, Gabriele. THE CARLETTI'S VIOLIN-MAKING WORKSHOP. Bologna, 2005.
127 pp., numerous illustrations. (stiff paper covers, in a slipcase) $145.00
Chenantais, J. LE VIOLONISTE ET LE VIOLON. Causeries Psychologiques, Critques et Techniques. Nantes, nd.
xvii, 231 pp., frontispiece, 7 illustrations in text, 2 plates. (6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches, bound in cloth with part of original cover pasted onto front cover) Regazzi says, "Chenantais, a practicing physician and an amateur cellist, brought to his investigations of the qualities of new and old instruments an independence of mind and a belief in the scientific method. This book contains an interesting account of sonority competitions between ancient and modern violins and cellos." Scarce. $175.00 Sold!
Childs, Paul. THE BOWMAKERS OF THE PECCATTE FAMILY. New York, 1996. The Deluxe Edition.
xxv, 286 pp., 54 plates illustrating 168 bows. The fabulous, authoritative book on this great family of bow makers, in the scarce deluxe edition, limited to 400 copies. In a slipcase. $850.00
Christ-Iselin, W. THE MYSTERY OF CREMONA VARNISH. An Attempted Solution. Leipzig, 1923.
43 pp. (5 x 7 1/2 inches, stiff paper covers, covers mostly detached and taped, sl. chip in back cover) Very scarce. $75.00 Sold!
Cobbett, W. W. COBBETT'S CYCLOPEDIC SURVEY OF CHAMBER MUSIC. Oxford University Press, 1929 and 1963.
Volume I: xvi, 585 pp., musical examples. (free-endpaper page sprung, a letter of presentation taped onto front endpaper, and the presenters of the gift have signed on the first free-endpaper) Volume II: 641 pp., musical examples. (free-endpaper page sprung) Volume III: viii, 211 pp., musical examples. (sl. wear to d.j., 1963 2nd edition, but 1st printing of this volume) An invaluable reference source that lists, among other things, the members of a number of string quartets. A very nice set indeed. Scarce. $250.00 Sold!
Cooper, Albert W. THE COOPER COLLECTION. Volume 1. England, 1997.
256 pp., numerous illustrations. (8 1/2 x 12 inches, some minor wear to dust jacket, in a slipcase) Over 30 Italian instruments and 40 French and English bows are illustrated in color with measurements. Limited to 1000 copies. $300.00 Sold!
Coutagne, Henry. GASPARD DUIFFOPROUCART et les Luthiers Lyonnais du XVIe Siecle. Paris: Fischbacher, 1893. In French.
79 pp., frontispiece. (7 x 11 inches, covers a bit worn and stained, edges of pages untrimmed) Regazzi calls this "a most valuable contribution to early violin history." Very scarce! $850.00
Cowling, Elizabeth. THE CELLO. New York, 1975.
224 pp., 35 illustrations, 28 musical examples. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, paperback, minor wear) Surprisingly scarce. $45.00 Sold!
(Cremona) CATALOGUE. ...And They Made Violins in Cremona. From Renaissance to Romantic Era. Four Centuries of Violin Making Art. Cremona, 2000.
220 pp., over 100 pp. of illustrations. (9 1/2 x 12 inches, stiff paper covers, minor shipping dings to spine, edges sl. worn)) A fabulous catalog from the 2000 Exhibition in Cremona. $150.00
(Cremona) CREMONA. Liuteria e Musica in una Citta dŐArte. Seventh International Competition of Violin Making. Cremona: Turris, 1994.
84 pp., numerous illustrations. (13 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches) $90.00
(Cremona) L'ESPOSIZIONE DI LIUTERIA ANTICA A CREMONA NEL 1937. Cremona, 1938.
257 pp., xxvii, 120 plates showing 3 views of each instrument. In Italian, French and German. (original stiff paper covers bound in a newer cloth and boards cover, fine condition) The instruments illustrated in this wonderful catalog include violins of Andrea, Antonio & Gerolamo, and Nicolo Amati, Rogeri, Ruggeri, Andrea, Peter of Venice, Peter of Mantua and Joseph Filius Andreas Guarneri, Joseph Guarneri del Gesu, Bergonzi, Stradivari (30 examples!), Gagliano, Guadagnini, Storioni, Cerutti, etc, etc., and cellos of Rogeri, Ruggeri, Peter Guarneri of Venice, Stradivari, Gagliano and Balestreri. A copy brought about $2100 at the Phillips auction of March, 1995. No. 257 of the edition limited to 500 copies. Extremely scarce. $2500.00 Sold!
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