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Breton, Le

Mirecourt · b. 1780

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 12, scan 20.
Breton, Le, b. 1780, at Mirecourt, where he worked from 1812 to 1830, the year of his death; was there a contemporary of the eldest …
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 12, scan 22. Held as more than one scan.
Breton, Le, b. 1780, at Mirecourt, where he worked from 1812 to 1830, the year of his death; was there a contemporary of the eldest …
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The violin, Hart, George. London: Dulau, 1909. Page 234, scan 294.
BRETON, Le, Mirecourt, 1812-30. Commonplace instruments. Large pattern, usually stamped with name inside.
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The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Scan 294.
BRETON, Le, Mirecourt, 1812—1830. Common-
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  • Entries from 4 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.

Labels the books quote

  • "Luthier de S. A. R. Mme. la Duchesse d'Angoulême." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Luthier de S. A. R. Mme. la Duchesse d'Angoulême." (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

386 other Mirecourt makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

All Mirecourt makers