Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Silvestre, Hippolyte Chrétien

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Page 243, scan 317.
SILVESTRE, Hippolyte Chrétien, Lyons, succeeded to the business of his uncles, Pièrre and Hippolyte.
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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 243.
SILVESTRE, Hippolyte Chrétien, Lyons, succeeded to the business of his uncles, Pierre and Hippolyte.
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  • Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.

Same name

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