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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1mencing life from the first stage of the ladder, he gradually mounted to the highest by the help of the usual nurses of fortune, skill and perseverance. He was a great lover of Cremonese instruments, and was intimately associated with Tarisio. At the death of the celebrated Italian connoisseur he purchased the whole of his collection. Among them was the "Stradiuarius" exhibited at the Exhibition of 1862 and the Double-Basses by Gaspard di Salo and Carlo Bergonzi, the latter of which is at present in my possession.
3Vuillaume, N. F., Brussels. Brother of the above. Well known both as a maker and connoisseur.
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