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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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1Bibliography can immediately be found without the necessity of assigning it to a Part, and then hunting it from section to section of that Part.
3It remains for me, Sir, in submitting this work to you, to acknowledge my great indebtedness to many correspondents who have assisted me during its periodical publication, by calling to my attention both faults that had escaped my notice and works of which I was ignorant, and by suggestions that have always been valuable. Especially I have to thank Mr. P. W. Pickup of Blackburn, Mr. Wallace Sutcliffe, and Mr. C. N. Volckmann of New York, for frequent additions to my collection, Mr. Bernard Quaritch, Herrn Liepmannssohn, Lissa, Cohn, and Harrwitz of Berlin, Herr R. Bertling of Dresden, Herrn Twietmeyer, List und Francke, Merseburger, Grundl, Harrassowitz, Hierseman, and others of Leipzig, the Skandinavisk Antikvariat of Copenhagen, MM. Techener and Sagot of Paris, Mr. Bouton of New York, Senor Antonio Murillo of Madrid, Signori Taddei of Ferrara, Signor Clausen of Turin, Signor Pigna of Milan, Herr C. F. Schmidt of Heilbronn, Herrn Schieble of Stuttgart, Rosenthal of Munich, M. Loosefeldt of Brussels, Mr. Engelbert of Rotterdam, Mr. Nijhoff of The Hague, and above all, my chief agent, Mr. Grevel, of King Street, Covent Garden, for watching the book market, and securing for me the treasures of my collection. A special word of thanks is also due to Mr. J. E. Mathew, who has placed his magnificent musical library unreservedly at my disposal. The constant assistance afforded me by Messrs. William, Arthur, and Alfred
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