THE HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN Volume I Its Ancestors and Collateral Instruments From Earliest Times

Brown hard covers with faux leather spine and hinges.Gold lettering and design on spine is bright. Covers exhibit bumping and light wear on corners and upper and lower edges. Moderate soiling and foxing to upper and lower page ends. Text and the many b&w illustrations are slightly yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. DJ is in a protective mylar cover with small tears and chips on upper edges. Moderate soiling and shelf wear to all edges, spine, hinges and covers. "Outlines in detail the step-by-step evolution of the instrument from the Egyptian Kithara to the Italian Viola, and cites the musical climates, craftsmen, and performers responsible for initiating changes or perpetuating traditions in the course of its development." A unabridged republication of the first edition published in 1933. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.