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
by Thomas, Theodore (Introduction)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, IL: Lyon & Healy, 1904. 106 pp. Original gray paper covered boards w/ red cloth spine. Paper title label on spine sunned w/ light chipping to edges. Covers lightly rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. #368 of 2000 copies. Beautifully illust. w/ large tipped-in color plates of famous violins.. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Edition.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18407MUS
- Title
- 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
- Author
- Thomas, Theodore (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Lyon & Healy
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- MUSIC INSTRUMENTS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS VIOLINS HAWLEY ROYAL DE FOREST ANTIQUES HOBBIES COLLECTIBLES COLLECTIONS COLLECTING COLLECTORS VIOLIN MAKERS MAKING REFERENCE GUIDE ITALY 1540 1800 WORLD HISTORY EUROPE NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference; Music;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- Sunned
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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