The History of the Violin: Its Ancestors and Collateral Instruments from Earliest Times to the Present Day. Vol. I

Volume I only. Classic reference work on the history of the violin and related bowed string instruments by E. van der Straeten. Original blue hardcover with the original dust jacket. Binding is firm and clean. Pages are bright and generally free of foxing. Contains an attractive printed Ex Libris bookplate of Theodore Jegorkine on the front pastedown, a small previous owner's dated inscription (1938), and light pencil bookseller notations on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is complete with light edge wear, a few small chips and short closed tears around the spine ends and corners. Illustrated with plates and numerous in-text illustrations. A very desirable copy for collectors of violin literature and musical history.