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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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1had placed me in a position to attempt even a tentative publication of my hitherto collected materials, but I do not now regret the step, for during the three years that the publication of this work has occupied I have been brought into touch with historians and enthusiasts all over the world, and their assistance has been of a value to me that cannot be over-estimated. At the same time my original scheme, as set forth in the "Introductory Note" of November, 1890, has undergone considerable modifications, as a glance at the original synopsis, issued with Part I., will show. I have found, for instance, that it was impossible, except in a few important instances, to append critical notes to items other than titles of books entirely devoted to the violin or extracts from important works, musical or otherwise. I have also been obliged to curtail the scope of the Index of General Subjects, for had I carried out my original intention of indexing the important chapters of every work in my Bibliography, it would have entailed a further constant labour of several years, and this my professional duties absolutely forbade. An important modification has occurred in the part devoted to Méthodes and Instruction Books. It was originally my intention to note only instruction books published prior to 1800, but I received many requests that this section of my work might at least make an effort towards completeness up to date, and as these requests were coupled with liberal offers of assistance, I decided to make this concession and undertake what has been perhaps the most severely laborious portion of my enterprise. In the section of Catalogues
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