Les Instruments à Archet

Paris: Imprimerie de J. Claye, 1876. First edition, one of 500 copies. 118 engraved plates. 3 vols. 4to. Contemporary half velum and decorated paper boards, red morocco spine labels. Light soiling to covers, sporadic foxing, an attractive set. Large etched bookplate of Gustav Frid in each volume. First edition, one of 500 copies. 118 engraved plates. 3 vols. 4to. A beautiful, uncut set of this landmark work on the history of the violin. “This is, beyond the possibility of doubt, the greatest work ever published, or which is ever likely to be published, on the violin” (Fidiculus Bibliographia). Fidiculus Bibliographia 191