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Giordano, Alberto: Cesare Candi liutista i liutai della famiglia Candi
Cremona 2003, 173pp. HB, text in Italian and English, numerous photos. A superb book on this violin maker from Genua. £70
Magrini, Cesare: Augusto e Gaetano Pollastri - Liutai in Bologna 1877-1960 - Violin Makers in Bologna 1877-1960
Cremona , 1990, hardback, dj, as new, 85pp, text in Italian, English and German.numerous photos - an important work on the Pollastri Italian violin makers.. £90
Echard, Jean-Philippe : Stradivarius et la lutherie de Crémone
Hardcover, 251pp, Paris. The author is the Paris museums' Curator Jean-Philippe Echard. WIth many photos of the Cremonese violins etc in the Paris Conservatoire Museum collection, eassays, measurements, new reseacrh.
Text in French Sold
(Exhibition Catalogue) : The Amatis' DNA. -Dinasty of stringed instrument makers in Cremona.
Il DNA degli Amati- Una dinastia di liutai a Cremona
Carlson, Bruce; Cacciatori, Fausto; Chiesa, Carlo; Christopher Reuning,; Cremona 2006, softcover, 224 pages, essays. numerous illustrations and photos on the Amati families instruments with measurements.
Bilingual text in Italian and English. £75
(Exhibition Catalogue) : Cremona 1730 - 1750 The Olympus of violin making (nell'Olimpo della liuteria)
2008 Exhibition catalogue
Cremona 2008, softcover, 240 pages, numerous illustrations and photos.New.
Bilingual text in Italian and English.
A must have exhibition catalogue with essays by many known experts in the field.
Curator: Christopher Reuning, contributors: Paola Carlomagno, Charles Beare, Christopher Reuning, Peter Beare, John Becker, Eric Blot, Bruce Carlson, Carlo Chiesa, Andrea Post, Duane D. Rosengard. Sold
(Exhibition Catalogue) : Carlo Bergonzi - A Cremonese Master Unveiled (alla scoperta di un grande maestroS)
Cremona 2010, softcover, 248 pages, numerous illustrations and photos. Bilingual text in Italian and English. New.
A must have exhibition catalogue with essays by many known experts in the field. Curator: Christopher Reuning Editorial assistant and coordinator: Paola Carlomagno Scientific committee: Charles Beare (Honorary President), Christopher Reuning (Chairman), Peter Beare, John Becker, Eric Blot, Bruce Carlson, Carlo Chiesa, Silvio Levaggi, Andreas Post, Duane D. Rosengard, James Warren. Sold
(Exhibition Catalogue) : And they made violins in Cremona from Rennaisance to Romantic Era - Exhibition Catalogue 2000 (E FURONO LIUTAI IN CREMONA DAL RINASCIMENTO AL ROMANTICISMO. )
Cremona 2000, 222pp. New. contributors: C.Chiesa, A.Dipper, R.G.Hargrave, A.Mosconi, J.Topham, D.Gindin
WIth many colour photos, essay etc. Bilingual text in Italian and English £60
(Stradivari) Dilworth, John: 3 Monographs on Antonio Stradivari:
The ''Archinto'' Cello 1689 , ''La Pucelle'' Violin 1709, ''Tyrrell '' Violin 1717 £140
Toffolo, Stefano: Strumenti musicali a Venezia nella storia e nell'arte dal XIV al XVIII secolo NEW £40
(Catalogue) L'esposizione di Liuteria Antica a Cremona nel 1937 NEW £50
(Catalogue) Mostra di Antonio Stradivari. Palazzo Borromeo. Isola Bella. 1963 NEW £35
Gheroldi / Colombo: Varnishes and very curious secrets: Cremona, 1747 NEW £30
Amighetti Claudio: I Liutai Piemontesi del XVII e XVIII secolo NEW £25
(Catalogue) Stradivari e la Liutera Cremonese dall'U.R.S.S. Cremona NEW £25
Mosconi, Witten: Capolavori di Andrea Amati, Cremona NEW £25
Beare, Charles (Carlson, Bruce): Stradivari the Cremona Exhibition of 1987 HB, dj New 225
Beare, Charles (Carlson, Bruce): Stradivari the Cremona Exhibition of 1987 de luxe leather New £950
Sadler/Ealing Strings: The Retford Centenary Exhibition HB many ill, New £70
Hamma, Italian Violin Makers 1971 HB leather New £120
Azzolina , Umberto : Liuteria italiana dell'ottocento e del novecento Sold
Lütgendorff : Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis Zur Gegenwart 1904 Sold
Retford, William C.: Bows and Bow Makers HB New £100
Millant, Roger: J. B. Vuillaume: Sa Vie et Son Ouvre by (His Life and Work) De Luxe New £325
Dilworth, John: Monographs on Antonio Stradivari: The ''Archinto'' Cello 1689 New £50
Lebet, Claude: ROMA & I SUOI LEUTARI ( Luthiers of Rome),2007 , in Italian and English Sold
Roda, Joseph: Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family, deluxe fully leather bound, slipcase 1959 New £600
Claude Lebet: Dictionnaire Universel des Luthiers Vol 3, 1985 New £120
Jalovec, Karel : Encyclopedia of Violin-Makers 2 Vol., 1986 New £150
Vatelot, Etienne : Les Archets Francais, 2 Vol. 1976 1.Ed. Sold
Senn, Walter & Roy, Karl. Jakob Stainer, Leben und Werk des Tiroler Meisters, 1617-1683.
Bochinsky 1988. out of print. The seminal work on this influential maker, Text mainly in German, many ill. NEW £250
Bonetti, Carlo and Daniel Draley : A Genealogy of the Amati Family of Violin Makers 1500-1740
The Maecenas Press,1989. Library edition £250
Bonetti, Carlo and Daniel Draley : A Genealogy of the Amati Family of Violin Makers 1500-1740
The Maecenas Press,1989, Very rare. limited edition, dark leather only 120 copies. £450
Dvorák , Antonín 100. 1841-1941. Prag An anniversary publication: . £40
Henley, William. Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers, Vol. 1 - 5, 1959, leather bound in one volume. £250
Hill, William Henry The Violin-Makers of the Guarneri Family (1626 - 1762) 1980.Quarter-Leather. As New £180
Jalovec, Karel : Houslari Italie - Italian Violin Makers 1948 A very rare first edition, 20 issues £150
Pilar Vladimir. & Sramek, F. Umeni Houslaru - The Art of (Czech-) Violin-Makers £180
Dennis Plowright (British violin maker): Dictionary of British Violin and Bow Makers, 1994 £20
Doring, Ernest: The Guadagnini Family of Violin Makers Chicago, Illinois: William Lewis & Son, 1949. £220
Doring, Ernest W. : Violins & Violinists collection 1938 - 1960 + newsletters. Scarce £1700
Apian-Bennewitz, Paul Otto. Die Geige £60
Riemann Musik Lexikon 5 Vol. £60
Blume, F. (Ed.) Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. hardback, leather (16 vols) £300
Altmann, Frank Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstler-Lexikon. 2 Teile in 3 Bänden.
Hard to find standard work, in German, £100
Confalonieri Giulio. Storia della musica, 2 Vols. £50
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