Geometry, Proportion, and the Art of Lutherie. A Study of the Use and Aesthetic Significance of Geometry and Numerical Proportion in the Design of European Bowed and Plucked String Instruments in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries

COATES, Kevin

Published by At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1985

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Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1985. Large quarto, viii, 178 pages with 136 illustrations, 4 summary charts and 31 full-page plates. Cloth; small ownership signature on the front free endpaper; a fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper (very lightly sunned and rubbed). Loosely inserted is a photocopy of a very interesting (and relevant) three-page autograph letter signed by the author to the former owner of this book. [2 items].

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Title
Geometry, Proportion, and the Art of Lutherie. A Study of the Use and Aesthetic Significance of Geometry and Numerical Proportion in the Design of European Bowed and Plucked String Instruments in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries
Author
COATES, Kevin
Publisher
At the Clarendon Press, Oxford
Publication year
1985
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
1.17 kilograms
Dimensions
4to
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in March 1976, deal in fine and rare books, photographs and manuscripts. Treloars conduct regular specialist book auctions, maintain a retail outlet in the heart of the city of Adelaide and are longstanding members of Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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