| This important new reference work provides detailed color photographs of 225+ instruments from 75 different makers spanning the 16th to 20th centuries. The selected instruments represent the finest and most representative examples of each maker that have passed through the Sotheby’s auction house during the past three decades. | Tim Ingles, head of Sotheby’s Musical Instruments Department, provides biographies of each individual maker, putting them in their historical context and pointing out their idiosyncrasies as makers. The introduction by John Dilworth describes the evolution of violin making since 16th century and discusses the influences and heritages of the most important luthiers. |
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Andrea Amati |
G. B. Gabbrielli |
Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza |