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Scan 231
the history of the violin, 1864
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1and Hieronymus, valued at nearly half that sum; they had rich reddish yellow varnish. He gives tickets dated 1655, and 1661, and also the following, "Nicolaus Amati, Cremonæ, Hieronymus et Antonius Nepos, fecit Anno 1664." Whether the eccentricity of the syntax is due to the inaccuracies in Dr. Forster's book, or is a specimen of Nicolas's Latinity we cannot say. "Luthomonographie" describes shortly several Amati instruments, and gives the following ticket, "Nicolaus Amati Cremonen. Hieronomi filii Antonii Nepos fecit: Anno 16..;" some little inaccuracy apparently here.
3In the "Day Book" of the second William Forster, and the first who gave celebrity to the name, commencing 1st January, 1790, and ending on 20th April, 1799, there is the following entry on the first fly-leaf:—"No. 1. A Violoncello by Nichlaus Amatius, 1669, with Case and Bow, 17l. 17s.," meaning the price at which it was to be sold; a very insignificant one indeed compared to the present value. On the 5th July, 1804, William Forster, the third of the name, appears to have sold an Amati violin to the Rev. Mr. Vinicombe for 31l. 10s.
5At the sale of Sir William Curtis's collection, lot 3 was a violoncello by Nicolaus Amati fil. Hieronymi; it was described in the catalogue as made by Antoine and Jerome, but the mistake was corrected by the auctioneer at the time of the sale. The instrument was put up at 100 guineas, and was bought by Mr. Kramer for George IV. for 70 guineas. Lot 8, was a violin by the same maker, dated 1647; it was stated in the catalogue, "This is justly considered as one of the most beautiful and finest instruments in THE WHOLE WORLD. It was put up at 150 guineas, and bought in at 185. Nicolas had two sons, of whom the elder, Hieronymus, born in 1649,
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