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

Scan 9

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

31 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

A town on its own line is one of the directory's headings. That is where the town on a maker's page comes from.

1NOTICE
2OF
3ANTHONY STRADIVARI,
4THE CELEBRATED VIOLIN-MAKER,
5KNOWN BY THE NAME OF
6STRADIVARIUS:
7PRECEDED BY
8HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL RESEARCHES
9ON THE ORIGIN AND TRANSFORMATIONS
10OF BOW INSTRUMENTS;
11AND FOLLOWED BY
12A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BOW,
13AND
14REMARKS ON FRANCIS TOURTE,
15THE AUTHOR OF ITS FINAL IMPROVEMENTS.
16BY F. J. FÉTIS.
17CHAPEL MASTER TO THE KING OF THE BELGIANS AND DIRECTOR OF THE
18CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AT BRUSSELS.
19TRANSLATED
20(WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR)
21BY
22JOHN BISHOP
23OF CHELTENHAM.
25London:
26ROBERT COCKS AND CO.
27MUSIC PUBLISHERS TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN,
28H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES,
29AND HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY NAPOLEON III.
301864.

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.