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Wasielewski, Wilh. Jos. D., Stigand, Isobella S. E. (Translator).
The Violoncello
Publisher: Novello, Ewer and Co., London & New York;
Date of Publication: 1894
Stock Code: 12435
Octavo, pp. x, [2], 225. Monochrome frontispiece with tissue guard and scattered, in text illustrations and musical notations. Publisher’s navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and cello motif blocked in gilt to upper board; black endpapers. Gift inscription and remains of label to half-title; sight bruising to spine tips. Overall a clean copy. History of the cello from its origins as the ‘Basso di Viola’ in the sixteenth century and covering European violoncello playing in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Scarce. £65.00