David Rattray: MASTERPIECES OF ITALIAN VIOLIN MAKING (1620-1850) 1991 1st. Edition

Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making 1620-1850 by David Rattray 1991 London.
Twenty-Six important stringed instruments from the Collection at the Royal Academy of Music. 
72pp. 305 X 213mm. HB. 
Many colour and b/w photos, instruments from the RAM collection.
Contents
Preface
Foreword by Charles Beare
Foreword by Malcolm Sadler
Foreword by Peter Biddulph
John Rutson (1829-1906)

Amati, Antonio and Girolamo: Viola 1620

Amati, Antonio and Girolamo: Violin 1629

Amati, Nicolo: Violin 1662

Amati, Girolamo II: Violin 1671

Amati, Girolamo II: Violin c.1713

Stradivari, Antonio: Violin 1694 'Rutson'

Stradivari, Antonio: Viola 1696 'Archinto'

Stradivari, Antonio: Violin 1699 'Kustendyke'

Stradivari, Antonio: Violin 1718 'Maurin'

Stradivari, Antonio: Cello 1726 'Marquis de Corberon'

Stradivari, Antonio: Violin 1734 'Habeneck'

Rota, Giovanni: Violin 1800

Ceruti, Enrico: Violin 1846

Grancino, Giovanni: Viola c. 1690

Testore, Carlo Antonio: Violin 1741

Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando: Viola c. 1760

Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista: Violin c. 1753

Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista: Violin c. 1765

Dalla Costa, Pietro Antonio: Violin 1762

Gagliano, Nicolo: Violin 1735

Gagliano, Nicolo: Violin 1755

Gagliano, Joseph: Violin c.1780

Cappa, Giofredo: Violin c. 1690

Celoniato, Giovanni Francesco: Cello 1740

Pressenda, Joannes Francesco: Violin 1833

Pressenda, Joannes Francesco: Violin 1847

Bibliography

Discography

Glossary of Violin Making Terms

This book presents a unique view of the work of the great Italian violin-makers from the 17th to the 19th centuries, based on the collection of The Royal Academy Of Music in London. The Academy, founded in 1822, is Britain's senior conservatoire and one of the oldest institutions in the world for advanced musical training. 

The Academy's collection of stringed instruments consists of around 100 violins and a similar combined number of violas and celli, the majority of which were received as gifts over the last century, beginning with the Rutson Bequest in 1906. These working instruments are maintained in fine playing condition and generally are in the hands of young musicians during their time as students or at the outset of their careers. The fine selection presented here underlines the collection's core of masterpiece Italian violins, and for the most part this book includes only those instruments in the purest state of conservation. The public can also enjoy the visual delights of instruments from the collection when visiting the York Gate Museum that adjoins the Academy.

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