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Hume, Richard

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  1. Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin (1866)

    HUME, RICHARD, Edinburgh. An early English lute maker; about 1530.

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    2. HULLER, AUGUSTINE, Shoeneck, 1775.
    4. HUME, RICHARD, Edinburgh. An early English lute maker; about 1530.
    6. HUNGER, CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK Leipsic, 1787. A good maker who followed the Italian style, used good wood and amber varnish. This maker is classed among the superior German artistes, and his instruments are said to be beautiful.

  2. The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators (1875)

    HUME, Richard, Edinburgh, 16th century. A maker of Lutes, &c.

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    2. HOLLOWAY, J., London, 1794.
    4. HUME, Richard, Edinburgh, 16th century. A maker of Lutes, &c.
    6. JAYE, Henry, London, 17th century. Maker of Viols, which are capital specimens of the work of the period. The varnish is excellent.

  3. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others (1880)

    HUME, Richard, Edinburgh, 16th century. A maker of Lutes, &c.

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    2. HOLLOWAY, J., London, 1794.
    4. HUME, Richard, Edinburgh, 16th century. A maker of Lutes, &c.
    6. JAYE, Henry, London, 17th century. Maker of Viols, which are capital specimens of the work of the period. The varnish is excellent.
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  1. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    HUME, RICHARD, Edinburg, 1535.

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    1. VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE
    3. HÜLLER (HULLER), AUGUSTIN, Schöneck, 1735 to 1775.
    4. HUME, RICHARD, Edinburg, 1535.
    5. HUMEL, CLAUDE, Mirecourt, 1820.
    6. HUNGER, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH, Leipzig, b. Borstendorf, 1718, d. Leipzig, 1787.
    7. INDELAMI, MATTEO, Rome (?).

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Not established: that is this record’s honest state, resting on one thing alone — The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators (1875); The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1875); The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others (1880); Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin (1866), naming this maker and nothing more. Entries from 4 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. No claim beyond what is printed there has been invented here. If more can be said, write in and tell us.

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HUME, Richard, Edinburgh, 16th century. A maker of Lutes, &c. reported1
Places and dates of work
HUME, Richard, Edinburgh, 16th century. A maker of Lutes, &c. reported1
Places and dates of work
HUME, Richard, Edinburgh, 16th century. A maker of Lutes, &c. reported1
Places and dates of work
HUME, RICHARD, Edinburgh. An early English lute maker; about 1530. reported1
Places and dates of work
HUME, RICHARD, Edinburg, 1535. reported1
Places and dates of work
HUME, RICHARD, Edinburg, 1535. reported1

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  1. The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators (1875). archive.org, bwb_W9-CSA-425. https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-CSA-425.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Hart, George, 1839-1891. [from old catalog], The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (London, Dubau and co. [etc.], 1875). archive.org, violinitsfamous01hartgoog. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamous01hartgoog.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Hart, George, 1839-1891, The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others (London: Dulau, 1880). archive.org, violinitsfamousm00hart_0. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm00hart_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  4. Pearce, Joseph, Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin (London: Longman and co.; Sheffield, J. Pearce, jun., 1866). archive.org, violinsviolinmak00pear. https://archive.org/details/violinsviolinmak00pear.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  5. Alberto Bachmann, An encyclopedia of the violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  6. Alberto Bachmann, An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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