Sébastien-André SIBIRE
La chélonomie ou le parfait luthier[Chelonomy, or the Perfect Luthier]
A. Loosfelt|Brussels 1885|10.2 x 15.7 cm|Relié
Expanded new edition including a notice and an appendix providing a catalogue of the principal violin makers from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, a description of the most sought-after violins, their dates of manufacture, their market value, and the distinguishing features by which they may be identified, by L. de Pratis.
Half chocolate-brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands ruled in black, gilt date at foot, marbled paper sides, marbled endpapers and doublures, illustrated wrappers and spine preserved (with a small loss at foot), gilt top edge, signed binding by H. Blanchetière.
A fine copy attractively bound in a signed binding.
€450