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The Salabue Stradivari. A history and critical description of the famous violin, commonly called “le Messie.” Containing many particulars obtained from authentic sources and now published for the first time
London, W.E. Hill & Sons; London, New York, Novello, Ewer & Co., 1891.
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| 6 | PREFATORY NOTE. | Read | |
| 7 | In the preparation of the materials for… | Read | |
| 8 | TO A STRADIVARI VIOLIN. | Read | |
| 10 | THE SALABUE STRADIVARI. | Read | |
| 11 | 91. Violin. | Read | |
| 12 | The title at the head of the enthusiasti… | Read | |
| 13 | The instruments made by Stradivari were… | Read | |
| 14 | Monferrato (Piedmont.) The work unhappil… | Read | |
| 15 | The Count's memorandum informs us that h… | Read | |
| 16 | Si' grande fu poi il numero de' violini… | Read | |
| 17 | TRANSLATION. | Read | |
| 18 | became the absorbing passion of his life… | Read | |
| 19 | to save his purse. Although furnished in… | Read | |
| 20 | earlier days an importer of Italian inst… | Read | |
| 21 | treasures, and started for Italy on the… | Read | |
| 22 | Jean Baptiste Vuillaume was born in 1798… | Read | |
| 23 | Stradivari's models, to the construction… | Read | |
| 24 | experienced hands, as we can personally… | Read | |
| 25 | March, 1875), in the absence of definite… | Read | |
| 26 | February 22, 1888, "Le Messie" came into… | Read | |
| 27 | outline. In other instruments of the sam… | Read | |
| 28 | back cut in slab form, and the sides and… | Read | |
| 29 | belly the following inscription, which a… | Read | |
| 30 | but the careful examination which we mad… | Read | |
| 31 | Turin maker, Pressenda (1777 to 1854), w… | Read | |
| 32 | Orchar, Esq., and the well-known violonc… | Read | |
| 33 | wide awake, yet without vulgarity, and o… | Read | |
| 34 | reference to the Salabue, his words may… | Read | |
| 35 | fire, I assure you, is mainly caused by… | Read | |
| 36 | Nevertheless it is our opinion after a c… | Read |