Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 19

Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864

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1INTRODUCTION.
3ANTHONY STRADIVARI,
4KNOWN BY THE NAME OF
5STRADIVARIUS,
6THE CELEBRATED VIOLIN-MAKER;
7HIS PREDECESSORS, CONTEMPORARIES, AND PUPILS.
9ITALY, the fertile land of great and beautiful things; Italy, which preceded all the nations of Europe in civilisation; Italy, in short, which has been endowed with every species of glory in poetry, philosophy, science and the arts; Italy, I say, has given birth to the artists who have carried the manufacture of musical instruments of the bow kind to the highest degree of perfection. From the middle of the fifteenth century, this art was already cultivated there with success. From whence did it come?

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