Books › A short account of a violin by Stradivari, dated 1690 : now in the possession of Messrs. W. E. Hill & sons, 1889 › scan 15
Scan 15
A short account of a violin by Stradivari, dated 1690 : now in the possession of Messrs. W. E. Hill & sons, 1889
17 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Document of the Violin of Stradivari bought at Florence 1794 one of two readings
2Document of the Violin of Stradwan bought at Florence 1794 one of two readings
4Addi 10 Maggio 1794
5(no line here) one of two readings
6Io Gio. felice Mosell ho ricevuto dal Sig. David Ker. Inglese Cinquanta e averlo Venduto un Violino Di Antonio Stradivari e detto giurgo d'accordo a me di Cono. et in Sola Mano propria. Rico. 50. one of two readings
8Io Pio Felice Mosell ho ricevuto dal Sig. David Ker. Inglese Cinquanta e averlo Venduto un Violino Di Antonio Stradivari e detto giurgo d'accordo a me di Confer. et in Sola Mano propria. Rico. 50. one of two readings
9Io Rudd: Gio. felice Mosell Direttore, e Primo Violino della P. Poste di Toscana, afferisco che il detto Violino, è Vero, e Egittimo del Sig. (Autore) Antonio Stradivari. one of two readings
11Io P.D. Pio Felice Mosell Direttore, e Primo Violino della P. Poste di Toscana, afferisco che il detto Violino, è Vero, e Egittimo del Sig. (Autore) Antonio Stradivari. one of two readings
13Mr. Moselli thinks it belonged to the East of Tuscany. & by some manner, perhaps improper it has been taken from it. He says it is of the first merit. He supposes in England it will be worth 50 Guineas. Florence 10 May 1794. David Ker. one of two readings
14Mr. Moselli thinks it belonged to the East of Tuscany. & by some manner, perhaps improper it has been taken from it. he says it is of the first merit. He supposes in England it will be worth 50 Guineas. Florence 10 May 1794. David Ker. one of two readings
16The Violin was made in the year 1690, consequently is 104 years old.
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