2049 - 2129 MUSIC and PERFORMING ARTS
79 2109 Violins Grillet L 
- Backstrips worn/ dam.
= Remarkable binding, with a small strip of paper bound with at the end of vol.2 on which the binder has written the following cryptic note in pencil: "J'ai commencé la reliure de ce livre le 19 mars 1901. jour de l'annonce du mariage de Marguerita - quelle tristesse."
79 2110 Violins Hamma F 
- Rubbed spot on frontcover. Otherwise fine.
= Copy of the DELUXE edition of 1200 numb. copies bound in vellum backed gilt peau-de-suède w. red mor. letterpiece on spine.
79 2111 Violins Hill W H A F and A E 
- Unnumb. copy. Some light scratches on covers and trifle rubbed along extremities of binding. A fine copy.
79 2112 Violins Hill W H A F and A E 
- Flimsies foxed (occas. causing foxing in outer blank margins of plates). Upper joint starting. Otherwise a fine copy.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
79 2113 Violins Jusupov N B 
- One leaf w. purple inkstain (also affecting the following leaf); sl. foxed.
= Extremely rare monograph, with a second title (preceding the above title) that reads: Luthomonographie. Historique et raisonnée.
79 2114 Violins Kneppelhout J 
= Biography of the young deceased violinist Jan de Graan (1852-1874), containing 23p. w. excerpts from letters written to and by De Graan.
Niederheitmann, F. Cremona. Eine Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente. Leipsic, C. Merseburger, 1897, 1st ed., VIII,104p., ills., contemp. hcl. Heller, A. H.W. Ernst im Utreile seiner Zeitgenossen. Vienna/ Brünn/ Berlin, the author, 1904, 62,(1)p., frontisp. portrait, plates, orig. giltlettered cl. - AND 5 others on violins and violinists, i.a. H. STARCKE, Die Geige, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung, die Behandlung und Erhaltung aller ihrer Bestandtheile und Meister der Geigen- und Lautenbaukunst mit Angabe aller Zettel-Inschriften (Dresden, 1884, 1st ed., contemp. hcl. Trifle yellowed) and E. SAUZAY, Le violon harmonique, ses ressources, son emploi dans les écoles anciennes et modernes (Paris, 1889, num. music examples, contemp. gilt hcalf).
79 2115 Violins La Laurencie L de 
79 2116 Violins Maugin J C and Maigne W / Romain A 
- One vol. sl. foxed.
AND 4 others, i.a. A. POUGIN, Une famille de grands luthiers Italiens. Les Guarnrius (Paris, 1909, ills., 20th cent. hcl.).
79 2117 Violins Möller M and M 
- Textlvs. occas. sl. foxed in blank margins. Corners rubbed/ trifle worn.
79 2118 Violins Mozart L 
79 2118 Violins Mozart L 
79 2118 Violins Mozart L 
- A (very) good copy. Occas. trifle foxed/ sl. yellowed; 2 old owner's entries on first free endpaper ("Jan C. Boers" and "F. Boers"). Backstrip and corners rubbed; spine-ends sl. worn.
= Scheurleer I, p.345. The first Dutch translation of the famous and influential Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (Augsb., 1756). Also highly interesting from typographical point of view. Printed by the famous Joannes Enschedé, the leading Dutch printer of his time. The introduction by the author printed in a fine civilité. In the dedication to William V of Orange Joannes Enschedé states: "Ook is de uitvoering van dit werk, zo als het thans in 't Nederlandsch word uitgegeeven, als eene zonderlinge verbetering en volmaaking der Lettergietery aan te merken. Tot nu toe heeft men in deeze Verenigde Gewesten al de Muziek, met grote moeite en kosten, in kopere plaaten moeten snyden, en op een plaatdrukkers pers drukken; maar tot dit Werk, hoe ryk ook in voorbeelden van Muziek, is geen eene kopere plaat, behalve tot de vier prentverbeeldingen gebruikt; integendeel zyn alle de muzieknooten en onderscheidene karakters, hiertoe gebeezigd, naar de nieuwe uitvinding, op myne Lettergietery gegooten, op de wyze van woorden, door eene Letterzetter gezet, en op eenen boekdrukkers pers gedrukt." Summarised: all the musical scores are not cut in the plate, but - a new invention - cast like printing types and set by hand. See: Gedenkschrift Lettergieterij van Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, 1893, p.23-30. From these pages we know that although the German printer Breitkopf was the first to print with music type, Enschedé, as second, managed to print with music type far better than his German colleague. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
79 2119 Violins Mozart L 
- With later owner's entry on title-p. and first free endpaper; frontisp. and title-p. doubled.
= Scheurleer II, p.345; Eitner VII, p.90: "Durch eigene Kraft und festen Willen arbeitete er sich aus einer untergeordneten Stellung zu einem angesehenen Manne empor. (...) Durch seine Violinschule aber, die erste ihrer Art, erwarb er sich einen Weltruf. (...) Seine Violinschule zeigt ihn als einen gewandten und logisch gebildeten Schriftsteller. Seine Ausdrucksweise ist klar und verständig. (...) Die Anordnung des Lehrstoffes ist musterhaft und da er kein Vorbild hatte: genial." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
79 2120 Violins Pougin A 
- Fine copy. = One of 30 numb. copies printed on "pâte photo de Sorel-Moussel". Very rare.
79/2121 Violins The Salabue Stradivari A History and Critical Description of the Famous Violin commonly called Le Messie 
79/2121 Violins The Salabue Stradivari A History and Critical Description of the Famous Violin commonly called Le Messie 
- Hinges weakening. Corners and spine-ends trifle rubbed. Otherwise fine.
= A fine association copy with a DEDICATION to the famous English violinist John Tiplady Carrodus (1836-1895), signed by "William E. Hill & Sons" and dated "27/6/93" in pen and ink on first free endpaper. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE.
A short Account of a Violin by Stradivari, Dated 1690 ["The Tuscan Strad"]. Ibid., idem, 1890, 13p., 3 col. lithogr. plates by A. SLOCOMBE, 1 fold. facs. letter, orig. gilt green cl. w. silk ties.
- Binding trifle darkened along margins.
= With presentation by the firm "W.E. Hill & Sons" in pen and ink on upper pastedown. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.
79 2122 Violins Sandys W and Forster S A 
- Frontcover loose. Otherwise fine.
AND 3 others: S.C. BULL, Ole Bull. A Memoir. With Ole Bull's "Violin Notes," and Dr. A.B., Crosby's "Anatomy of the Violinist" (Boston, 1883, 1st ed., plates/ ills., orig. giltlettered cl. Fine) and E. VAN DER STRAETEN, The Romance of the Fiddle (London, 1911, plates, music examples, orig. giltlettered cl. Scattered annots. in pencil in margins).
79 2123 Violins Spohr L 
- Title-p. sl. waterstained in margins; first ±25 very vaguely dampstained in outer margin; first half sl. foxed. A good/ fine copy.
79 2124 Violins Tajan Rogé D 
- Dampstained in upper half throughout; foxed.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to [Albert] de Lasalle, French music critic, on title. Pierre Baillot (1771-1842) was one of the major violinists of his time and wrote the influential "L'art du violon' (publ. 1834).
AND 2 others: J.-TH. RADOUX, Vieuxtemps. Sa vie et ses oeuvres (Liège, n.d. (±1900), 2nd ed., fold. facs. plate, (full-p.) ills., contemp. hcl.) and E. CHRISTEN, Ysaÿe. Pref. J.-Dalcroze (Geneva, 1946, 1st ed., plates, orig. wr. Fine).
79 2125 Violins Tolbecque A 
- A few leaves sl. stained (1x w. larger stain). Inkstain on frontcover.
= From the library of the violinist Adolphe Poth, with his owner's entry on title-p. Rare, privately published work on violin making. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.
79 2126 Violins Vannes R 
79 2127 Violins Vidal A 
- Leather sl. darkened along extremities. Good/ fine copy.
79 2128 Woodwind instruments Tuerlinckx J A A 
79 2128 Woodwind instruments Tuerlinckx J A A 
79 2128 Woodwind instruments Tuerlinckx J A A 
- In need of restoration: lacks mouthpiece, the barrel is cracked and the connection between the joints is weakening.