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De fidiculis bibliographia: being an attempt towards a bibliography of the violin and all other instruments played with a bow in ancient and modern times, 1890
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1EPISTLE DEDICATORY.
3To
4His Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Royal Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; Duke of Edinburgh; Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster; Duke of Juelich, Clere, Berg, Engern, and Westphalia; Landgrave of Thuringia; Margrave of Meissen; Princely Count of Henneberg; Count of Mark and Ravensberg; Lord of Ravenstein and Tonna and Engern, etc., etc.; Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle; Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George; Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire; Admiral of the Fleet,
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7SIR,—
8When, in the summer of 1890, your Royal Highness was graciously pleased to accept the Dedication of this work, which now represents the continued labour of nearly fifteen years, I felt that when the time arrived for submitting my book to you as an incomplete and imperfect whole, I should find it difficult to express to you, as indeed during the past three years I have
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