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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1family of Stradivari as Violin-makers for upwards of sixty-three years, and from whence was sent into cathedral, church, and royal orchestras, the largest number of Violins and kindred instruments ever made by one maker—whose works bore the indelible stamp of genius—instruments which have gladdened the sight and hearing of untold thousands. The famous shop, as previously noticed, was next opened by Paolo Stradivari, who was a cloth merchant or warehouseman. Paolo died in 1776, a year after the date of the correspondence which passed between him and Count Cozio di Salabue. Antonio, son of Paolo, born in 1738 and married in 1762, had a son Giacomo, born in 1769 and married in 1797. Cesare, the son of Giacomo, became a physician in Cremona, married in 1838, and left the present representative of the Cremonese branch of the family, Dr. Libero Stradivari, a barrister-at-law, who is an excellent amateur performer on the flute.
3The following is the chief part of the correspondence which passed between Paolo and Antonio Stradivari and the agents of Count Cozio di Salabue:—
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7Al Sig'r Pro'n Oss'dmo Giō Michele Anselmi di Briata e Comp.
8Torino per Casale.
10Signor mio Oss'dmo
12Cremona li 4 maggio 1775.
14A due grad'me sue per la prima le dissi che tutte quelle forme e misure ed utensigli e ferri che mi ritrovo avere non avrei discoltato darglieli purche non siano in Cremona e si ricordera che
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