Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. Year 1909. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> The idea of writing this book is in some measure due to the intelligent initiative of Signor Mandelli of Cremona to whom as well as to our friends and subscribers we owe some words of explanation and apology. Full of the desire to obtain fresh information concerning Antonio Stradivari Signor Mandelli determined to make further researches in the archives of his native city and thus add to the world’s knowledge; and his material collected he approached us in the year 1890 with a view to its publica-tion in English and Italian. The subject of Stradivari was an alluring one and in a moment of enthusiasm we undertook the task of incorporating these interesting re-searches in a work more fully embracing the results of the master’s career. Reflection however showed us that we had undertaken a task the labour of which we had under-estimated; and time sped on year succeeding year only to find us still adding to our notes yet unable-nay un-willing-prematurely to publish that which we felt to be still incomplete. If we have thus long delayed the publi-cation of this work owing to the daily cares of our business absorbing so much of our time and energy we trust that our readers will obtain some slight compensation both from the more correct information given and the broader treatment of our subject. We decided to divide our work into twelve distinct chapters and we believe that by this division the whole will have gained in clearness. (SP)