1904 The Hawley Collection of Violins: With a History of Their Makers and a Brief Review of the Evolution and Decline of the Art of Violin Making in Italy 1540-1800

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

Number 336 of 2,000 copies produced.

Illustrated with thirty-six plates, the majority of which are tipped in and in colour. Collated, complete.

This work describes instruments by Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesu, Nicola Amati, Maggini, Bergonzi, Rogeri, Guadagnini, Joseph filius Andreaa Guarneri, Stainer, and Lupot.

​'The Hawley Collection of Violins' was an impressive collection curated by Royal de Forest Hawley, an American collector of fine violins.

Following Hawley's death in 1893, the esteemed Chicago-based musical instrument firm Lyon & Healy acquired the collection, cementing their reputation as a leading dealer in the early twentieth century.

With the former owner's inscription of Arthur Richardson to the head of the limitation leaf, and a further ink notation to the title page head.

The work discusses the evolution and decline of violin-making art in Italy between 1540 and 1800.