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Boquay, Jacques

Paris · d. after 1736

Historical maker

Named in 5 books.

What the books printed

Catalog of rare old violins, violas, violoncellos, bows of rare makes, 1921. p. 47.
As printed on this page: "NUMBER 4703. In France the instruments of Claude Pierray and Jacques Boquay, who are the two most prominent members of the French School, rank with the best of the second and third class Italian makers. This is because their work is known there and is not well known to the A…"
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 11, scan 19.
Boquay (Bocquay), Jacques, b. at Lyons. Worked in Paris about 1705-35, was living rue de la Juiverie, 1718, but went to rue d'Argenteuil, 1719. Made …
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 11, scan 21. Held as more than one scan.
Boquay (Bocquay), Jacques, b. at Lyons. Worked in Paris about 1705-35, was living rue de la Juiverie, 1718, but went to rue d'Argenteuil, 1719. Made …
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The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 223, scan 293.
BOQUAY, Jacques, Paris, 1700—1730. One of the first of the old French school. He, with a few of his contemporaries, inherited a good amount …
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 15, scan 37. Held as more than one scan.
BOQUAY, JACQUES, Paris, b. in Lyon, d. Paris, after 1736. A famous early French maker who copied Amati violins with great success.
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Another scan of this book reads the same line with small differences; this is one of the readings.
  • Entries from 5 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Labels the books quote

  • "Jacques Boquay, rue d'Argenteuil, à Paris, 1723." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Jacques Boquay, rue d'Argenteuil à Paris, 1723." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.

Same town, same time

267 other Paris makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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