Part VI – Books, Magazines, etc. (L-O)
Lachmann, Erich. THE ERICH LACHMANN COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Los Angeles, 1950.
53 pp., 24 full page plates. (12 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches, one corner sl. worn, generally fine to very fine) Sold for $488 at the Skinner auction of November, 1994. Scarce. $150.00
Lachmann, Erich. THE ERICH LACHMANN COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. Los Angeles, 1950. Plates Only.
The 24 full page plates, in a paper binder with the same cover illustration as the book. (12 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches, the tipped-in photos are 7 1/2 x 11 inches, paper binder a bit worn) $100.00
(L-Bank) DIE L-BANK INSTRUMENTENSAMMLUNG. Baden-Wurttemberg, 2001.
44 pp., numerous illustrations. (8 1/2 x 11 in., stiff paper covers, in German) Fifteen wonderful instruments illustrated. $65.00 Sold!
Lebet, Claude. LES DEUX STRADIVARIUS DE DOMENICO DRAGONETTI. (Domenico Dragonetti and his two Stradivarius Violins) La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1991.
34 pp., 6 color photographs of the two violins, plus 2 portraits. (6 ¾ x 10 ½ inches, leather spine and boards, fine condition) No. 325 of the edition limited to 500. $375.00 Sold!
Lebet, Claude. LES DEUX STRADIVARIUS DE DOMENICO DRAGONETTI. (Domenico Dragonetti and his two Stradivarius Violins) La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1991. The Deluxe Edition.
34 pp., 6 color photographs of the two violins, plus 2 portraits. (6 ¾ x 10 ½ inches, full leather binding, very fine condition, in a slipcase) No. 20 of the edition limited to 20. Extremely scarce! $750.00
Les Amis de la Musique. THE LIVING SOUL OF A VIOLIN. Belgique, 2002. In French and English.
64 pp., numerous illustrations. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, stiff paper covers) Shows the steps of violin making. $25.00 Sold!
Lewis, William & Son. THE LEWIS COLLECTION. Old Violins. Old Violas, Cellos, Bows. Works of the Makers of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Chicago, September, 1947.
43 pp., 11 illustrations. (5 1/2 x 8 1/5 inches, stiff paper covers, a few pages a bit worn) $45.00 Sold!
-------- THE LEWIS COLLECTION. Old Violins. Old Violas, Cellos, Bows. Works of the Makers of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Chicago, Fall, 1952.
49 pp., 7 illustrations. (5 1/2 x 8 1/5 inches, stiff paper covers) $45.00 Sold!
-------- THE LEWIS COLLECTION. Old Violins. Old Violas, Cellos, Bows. Works of the Makers of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Chicago, Fall, 1953.
52 pp., 7 illustrations. (5 1/2 x 8 1/5 inches, stiff paper covers) $45.00 Sold!
-------- THE LEWIS COLLECTION. Old Violins. Old Violas, Cellos, Bows. Chicago, Spring, 1955.
52 pp., 5 illustrations. (5 1/2 x 8 1/5 inches, spine a bit worn) $45.00 Sold!
-------- CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIOLIN. Construction of the Bow. Chicago, n.d.
1
large page 12-fold brochure. (3 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, sl. tears on folds) Describes
the construction of the violin from tree
to violin. $15.00
Lucci, Raffaella, and Marchini, Rodolofo. CONOSCERE LA LIUTERIA. Getting To Know Violin Making. Unpublished Masterpieces from the Lucci-Marchini Archive. Volume I. Edizioni Il Salabue, 2006.
253 pp., 22 instruments illustrated front and back, with 4 illustrations of the scroll. (10 x 13 1/2 inches, in a slipcase) Makers illustrated include Giorgio Corsini, Guiseppe Fiorini, Rodolfo Fredi, Giuseppe Lucci, Enrico Politi, Semone Sacconi, Vincenzo Sannino, and Antonio Sgarbi. A beautiful new book. $425.00
Lütgendorff, Willibald von. DIE GEIGEN UND LAUTENMACHER. Frankfurt am Main, 1913.
Volume I: xii, 407 pp., numerous illustrations of instruments and makers. Volume II: 973 pp., 100Õs of illustrations and facsimiles of labels. In German. (leaether spine and corners, marbled boards, some rubbing and wear to covers) The most scarce of the editions. $500.00 Sold!
Lyon and Healy.
LYON & HEALY'S CATALOGUE. RARE OLD VIOLINS: Chicago, 1890.
94 pp., 5 illustrations. (6 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches, bound in cloth, minor wear) The first Lyon and Healy violin catalog, and one of the rarest of all violin catalogs. $375.00
Lyon
and Healy. LYON & HEALY'S CATALOGUE OF THEIR COLLECTION OF RARE OLD
Violins: 1896-97. To Which is Added a Historical Sketch of the Violin and its
Master Makers, also a List of Choice Music for Violin, Arranged as Solos,
Duets, Trios, Quartettes, etc. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1896.
272 pp., illus. of labels. (5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches, bound in red cloth w/o original covers, 2 pages a bit stained, o/w in near-fine condition) $175.00 Sold!
140 pp., 21 plates of instruments and bows. (5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, original covers taped and a bit worn, a couple of pages taped, edges of a number of pages chipped, writing on most of the plates identifying the page where the instrument in the plate is located in the catalog) Very scarce. $200.00 Sold!
Lyon and Healy. THE LYON AND HEALY COLLECTION. Rare Old Violins, XVI, XVII, XVIII Centuries. Also Fine Modern Instruments. Chicago, 1909.
74 pp., 11 plates of old Italian instruments, plus illustrations of modern instruments. (8 x 10 1/4 inches, covers and pages are a bit wavy, covers a bit worn, top edge of pages stained and/or chipped) Scarce. $150.00 Sold!
Lyon and Healy. CATALOG OF RARE OLD VIOLINS. Chicago, 1911 and 1913.
Two catalogs bound together in green cloth. 1911: 102 pp., 14 tipped-in plates, illustrating violins by Giovanni Baptiste Gabrielli, Storioni, Antonius Amati, Joseph Kloz, Guersan, Gragnani, and Petrus Paulus de Vitor. (5 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, original covers bound in, some wear, covers taped and cracked at binding) 1913: 41 pp., 4 color plates, original covers bound in, taped, with some wear) Very scarce, especially having both of these rare catalogs together. $350.00
Lyon and Healy. CATALOG OF RARE OLD VIOLINS. Chicago, 1911.
102 pp., 14 tipped-in plates, illustrating violins by Giovanni Baptiste Gabrielli, Storioni, Antonius Amati, Joseph Kloz, Guersan, Gragnani, and Petrus Paulus de Vitor. (5 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, some wear, covers partially separating) Scarce. $250.00 Sold!
Lyon and Healy. CATALOG OF RARE OLD VIOLINS. Chicago, 1922.
77 pp., 7 plates, 5 of which are in color, illustrating the Colossus Stradivari and the Henry IV Amati. (spine sl. chipped, covers frayed at edges, contents fine) A copy brought £108, about $200 at the ChristieÕs auction of March, 1990. $185.00 Sold!
Lyon and Healy. CATALOG OF RARE OLD VIOLINS, Chicago, 1924.
97 pp., 13 plates, 11 of which are in color, illustrating 4 Stradivaris (The Duke of Edinburgh, The Spanish, The Ludwig and The Lord Nelson) (top of spine chipped, edges of covers frayed, contents fine to very fine) A copy brought £308, about $500, at the ChristieÕs auction of November, 1989. $200.00 Sold!
Lyon
and Healy. CATALOG OF RARE OLD VIOLINS. Chicago, 1929.
122 pp., 24 plates, 23 of which are in color, illustrating the Artot, Lord Nelson and Colossus of Stradivari, and the Duke de Composelice of Guarnerius del Jesu. (bound in new cloth, w/original front cover bound in, a few pages a bit dirty) The most interesting of the Lyon and Healy catalogs, with the most plates. A copy brought £264, about $485, at the ChristieÕs auction of November, 1988. $200.00 Sold!
Lyon and Healy. THE HAWLEY COLLECTION OF VIOLINS. With a History of their Makers and a Brief Review of the Evolution and Decline of the Art of Violinmaking in Italy, 1540-1800. Chicago, 1904.
105 pp., 36 full-page plates illustrating 12 instruments. (bound in original type boards, some writing, several pages taped, in general, the plates are very good to near-fine) Includes instruments by Stradivari (the Healy and the Earl), Guarneri del Gesu (King Joseph and Jarnowick), Nicola Amati, Maggini, Bergonzi, Rogeri, Guadagnini, Joseph filius Andreaa Guarneri, Stainer, and Lupot! A copy brought £572, about $1000 at the Christie's auction of November, 1988. $375.00 Sold!
382 pp., 12 plates. In English and Italian, on parallel pages. An authentic account of the period (Marchi lived from 1727-1807) by a working luthier. First edition, limited to 800 copies. Now scarce. $185.00
Matthews, Augustus F. VIOLIN ACOUSTICS. A New Look At the Old Art. Vantage Press, 1988.
107 pp., illustrations. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, cloth, d.j. a bit frayed) $65.00
Matthews, John. THE VIOLIN MUSIC OF BEETHOVEN. London: The Strad Library, No. X, 1902. First edition.
101 pp., frontispiece, many musical examples. (sl. wear) Scarce. $55.00 Sold!
Mayson, Walter. VIOLIN MAKING. London: The Strad Library, No. IX, 1909.
102 pp., frontispiece, 30 plates, plus one fold-out. (covers sl. worn and frayed, 2nd edition) Scarce. $55.00 Sold!
McKinney, J. P. HOW TO REHAIR BOWS. University Press, 1970.
15 pp. (one side), numerous illustrations. (11 x 15 inches, spiral bound, some wear and taping to pages) An interesting book that shows step by step the process of rehairing a bow. Scarce. $100.00
Meisel, K. Lothar, with Betty Vos. THE MEISEL FAMILY. Violinmakers. Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony. Minnesota, 2007.
xvii, 269 pp., numerous illustrations. (9 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches, cloth over boards) An interesting new book about this interesting family of violin makers. In English, German, French and Italian. $225.00 Sold!
Michelman, Joseph. VIOLIN VARNISH. A Plausible Re-Creation of the Varnish Used by the Italian Violin Makers Between the Years 1550 and 1750, A.D. Cincinnati, 1946.
185 pp. (8vo, red cloth, back cover stained and sl. discolored) The interesting book about violin varnishes. Scarce. $125.00
Migge, Otto. THE SECRET OF THE CELEBRATED ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKERS. Discovered and Explained. Frankfort, 1894.
81 pp., frontispiece. (5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, red cloth covers and spine worn, ex-library, with stamp card removed, pages chipped and torn, one page taped, inside covers taped, gutters showing) Scarce, even in this condition. $75.00
Mihalsky, Vatslav. THE GREAT RUSSIAN COLLECTION. The State Collection of Unique Musical Instruments. Moscow, 2004. In Russian with English translation.
224 pp., 104 color plates, illustrating 51 instruments. (9 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches) An interesting new book that also contains a complete listing of 283 bowed instruments in the possession of the State Collection of Russia, including the main measurements, provenance and players. $400.00 Sold!
Millant, Bernard, and Raffin, Jean François. L'ARCHET. The History of the Bow in France During the Eighteenth Century. Paris, 2000. In French, English and German.
Volume
I, Part I: 215 pp., 47 plates. Part II: 351 pp., 100s of illustrations. Volume
II: 560 pp., 100s of illustrations. Volume III: 535 pp., (17pp.), 100s of
illustrations. (9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, in slipcases) An absolutely stunning set of
books, with fabulous illustrations of 100s of
Milliot, Sylvette. HISTOIRE DE LA LUTHERIE PARISIENNE DU XVIIIe SIƒCLE ç 1960. Tome II: Les Luthiers du XVIIIe Siécle. (History of Parisian Violin Making from the XVIIIth Century to 1960. Tome II: The Violin Makers of the XVIIIth Century.) Spa-Belgique: Les Amis de la Muisque, 1997. In French and English.
387 pp., numerous black and white and color illustrations. (8 1/2 x 12 inches) $250.00 Sold!
Mingotti, A. WIE ÜBT MAN SEVCIKS MEITERWERKE. Köln, 1961. In German.
34 pp., musical examples. (stiff paper covers) $15.00
Mirandolle, Willem. DE VIOLONCEL. Haar Bouw, Geschiedenis en Ontwikkelingsgang. Den Haag, 1961. In Dutch.
142 pp., frontispiece, numerous illustrations. (6 x 9 ½ inches, boards) $85.00
Möckel, Max. DIE KUNST DER MESSUNG IM GEIGENBAU. Berlin, 1935.
73 pp., 83 illustrations, 16 plates, 32 diagrams on loose cards. In German) An interesting book that examines the geometry and proportion in lutherie. Scarce. $250.00
Möller, Max. THE VIOLIN MAKERS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES (Belgium and Holland). Amsterdam, 1955.
165 pp., 58
pages of plates, and an alphabetical register of the violin-makers of the Low
Countries. (8vo, cloth, corners bumped, very good to fine condition) No. 680 of 1500 copies. A copy brought £632, about $1000.00
Möller, Max. ITALIAANSCHE VIOOLBOUW. Van Gaspar Da Salo tot Pressenda. Amsterdam, 1938. In Dutch.
61 pp., 78 plates. (no d.j., sl. wear to covers) A very scarce book illustrating 3 views each of 39 instruments of the greatest Italian makers, including da Salo, Maggini, Amati, Guadagnini, Guarneri, Ruggeri, Stradivari, etc. No. 407 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. Very scarce. $650.00 Sold!
(Möller, Max.) Couturier, Louis. 40 JAAR MAX MÖLLERS VIOOLBOUW. 1913-1953. Amsterdam, n.d. (1953) In Dutch.
8 pp. of text, plus 10 pp. of illustrations. (6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches, stiff paper covers a bit worn and stained) Scarce. $85.00
(Montagnana) DOMENICO MONTAGNANA. "Lauter in Venetia." L'esposizione di Lendinara del 1997. Cremona, 1998. The Deluxe Edition.
247 pp., numerous color illustrations. (In English and Italian) A wonderful book on the instruments of this great, great maker, in the scarce deluxe edition. $350.00
Mozart, Leopold. GRÜNDLICHE VIOLINSCHULE MIT VIER KUPFERTAFELN UND EINER TABELLE. Augsburg, 1800. Fourth edition.
268 pp., frontispiece, 3 additional plates, 2 of which are hand-colored, numerous musical examples. (7 x 8 1/4 inches, covers and spine worn, some foxing, missing the table at the back, which is included in photocopy, belonged to David Boyden) This is one of the scarcest books on the violin, with first editions often selling for around $6000. Interestingly, while the first edition is certainly the most scarce, it is the second and subsequent editions that make the first printed mention of Wolfgang Mozart. When the first edition went to the publisher, Mozart had not been born. However, between the time Leopold first submitted his book to the publisher and the time it was finally published, the announcement of the birth of Wolfgang was made. $750.00
Music Loan Exhibition. AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE MUSIC LOAN EXHIBITION Held Under the Patronage of His Majesty the King, Her Majesty the Queen, and Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales by the Worshipful Company of Musicians at Fishmongers' Hall June and July, 1904. London, 1909.
353 pp., frontispiece, 26 plates. (bound in cloth, some pages worn, stained and foxed, edges of pages stained, contents in general very good to near-fine) Edition limited to 500 copies. A copy brought £572, about $1100 at Sotheby's auction of November, 1988. Scarce. $500.00
(Musical Instruments) Steinert, Morris. THE M. STEINERT COLLECTION OF KEYED AND STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. With Various Treatises on the History of these Instruments, the Method of Playing them, and their Influence on Musical Art. New York: Charles F. Tretbar, 1893.
170 pp., 62 illustrations of instruments. (7 x 10 1/4 inches, cloth, d.j. worn and chipped) Scarce. $100.00 Sold!
Neuner & Hornsteiner. AUS DER GESCHIHTE DES MITTENWALDER GEIGNEBAUES. Mittenwald (Bayern), n.d.
65 pp., 16 plates. (8 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, paper covers, top edge of pages sl. creased) A very scarce catalog from this firm in the "centre of violin and instrument making." $175.00 Sold!
Otto, Jacob. A TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION, PRESERVATION, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE VIOLIN, TENOR VIOLINCELLO & DOUBLE BASS. Together with a Dissertation on the Most Eminent Maker. London: R. Cocks and Co., 1860.
vii, 92 pp., 4 illustrations. (5 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches, covers and spine a bit worn) Scarce early edition. $100.00 Sold!
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