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Antonio Stradivari's Unique Album

stradivari-bookA unique anthology featuring 148 instruments by the great Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari, brought together in a single collection. For the first time in history, all these unique instruments have been gathered and photographed using the highest quality professional photographic equipment. The instruments in the photographs are displayed at full size, including the cellos. Each of the 148 instruments is accompanied by a captivating story of its history and characteristics, along with materials from world-renowned experts on Stradivari family instruments from the UK and Italy. The set consists of 4 volumes. It includes both famous instruments and those whose information was difficult to find in standard sources. The editors gained access to the rarest instruments, some of which had never been accessible to anyone but their owners.

 

  • The collection consists of 4 volumes. Each volume measures 320 mm x 420 mm.
  • Full-page spreads allow the instruments to be seen in their true size and reveal the smallest details. The spreads for the cellos measure 960 mm x 450 mm.
  • The set includes a DVD containing interesting video recordings and unique information with technical drawings and precise measurements of certain instruments.
  • Gift edition.
  • High-quality premium paper with a special coating.
  • Gold-edged pages and natural leather binding for the Deluxe version.

This extraordinary project was realized by the editor Jost Thöne and his co-editor and photographer Jan Röhrmann. Serving as expert and consultant was perhaps the most authoritative specialist in string instruments, Florian Leonhard. Most modern certificates of authenticity for Stradivari family instruments bear his signature. The texts were written by the remarkable Italian art historian Alessandra Barabaschi.

The anthology is published in a limited edition: 2,000 copies of the Library version and 100 copies of the Deluxe version. Each copy of the gift set is uniquely numbered.

Every instrument in the collection is presented in its true size—even the cellos—so that the finest details can be examined. High-quality paper and a special coating protect the materials from aging. Each instrument has its own story; based on documents and professional essays by experts, author Alessandra Barabaschi has compiled fascinating descriptions with a focus on the unique characteristics of each piece.

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List of instruments included in the anthology:

1666-1669c.    violin    
1667c.  violin    “Aranyi“
1667-1690c.    cello    “Flatback“
1669     violin    “Francalucci“, “Clisbee“
1669     violin    “Tullaye“
1670     violin    “Sachs“
1670-1672c.    violin    
1672    viola    “Mahler“
1677    violin    “Sunrise“
1679    violin    “Hellier“
1679    violin    “Parera“
1681    violin    “Count de Lachenais“, “Reynier“
1683    violin    “Amatisé“, “De Ahna“
1684    violin    “Croall“, “Mc Ewen“
1684    violin    “Lord Elphinstone“, “Veerman“
1686c.    violin    “Golden Bell“
1686c.    violin    “Rosgonyl“
1687    violin    “Bertier“, “Kubelik“
1687    violin    “Spanish“, “Ole Bull“
1688    cello    “Cazenove“, “Marylebone“
1688c.    violin    “Guyot“
1690    violin    “Theodor“
1690c.    cello    “Barjansky“
1692    violin    “Bennett“
1692    violin    “Oliveira“
1693c.    cello    “Lord Speyer“, "Maurice Gendron"
1694    violin    “Bonalyot“, “Lady Margaret“
1695    violin    “Goetz“
1695    viola    “Axelrod“
1695c.    violin    
1695c.    violin    “Salomon“
1695c.    violin    “Sandars“
1696c.    cello    “Prince Gursky“
1697    cello    “Castelbarco“
1697-1698c.    violin    “Montbel“
1698    cello    “De Kermadec-Bläss“
1698    cello    “Magg“
1698    cello    “St. Senoch“, “Murray“,
1698c.    violin    “Rouse-Boughton“
1698c.    violin    “Théonville“
1699    violin    “Lafont“
1699    violin    “St. Vallier“
1699c.    violin    “Castelbarco“
1699c.    violin    “Penny“
1700    cello    “Cristiani“, “Stauffer“
1700    violin    “Heberlein“
1700    violin    “Ward“
1700c.    violin    “Jupiter“
1701    violin    “Dushkin“,“Albert Sandler“
1701    cello    “Servais“
1702    violin    “Brodsky“
1702    violin    “Lukens“, “Elder“, “Voicu“
1702    violin    “Phillips“
1702    violin    “Thunis“
1702c.    violin    “Conte de Fontana“, “Oistrakh“, “Peterlongo“
1702c.    violin    “King Maximilian Joseph“
1703    violin    “Milanollo“, “Hembert“
1703    violin    
1703    violin    
1703c.    violin    “Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia“, “Rynberger“
1703c.    violin    “Dancla“
1703c.    violin    
1704    violin    “Betts“
1704    violin    “Liebig“, “Schneiderhan“
1704    violin    “Sammons“
1706    violin    “Corbett“
1707    violin    “Bruestlein“
1707    violin    “Hammer“
1707-1710c.    cello    “Castelbarco“, “Fau“
1708    violin    “Empress Caterina of Russia“, “Salzard“
1708    violin    “Havemeyer“,“Lyall“
1708    violin    “Marchesa Guasco“
1708-1709c.    violin    “Andrejeus“
1709    violin    “Greffuhle“
1709    violin    “Haemmerle“, “Adler“
1709    violin    “Scotta-Kaulbach“ ,“Kempner“
1710    cello    “Baron Rotschild“, “Gore-Booth“,
1710    violin    “Leslie“, “Tate“
1711    violin    “Earl of Plymouth“, “Kreisler“
1711    violin    “Lady Inchiquin“
1711    violin    “Vogelweith“
1711    cello    “Mara“
1712    violin    “Schreiber“
1713    violin    “Gibson“, “Hubermann“
1714    violin    “Joachim“, “Ma“
1714    violin    “Leonora Jackson“
1714c.    violin    “Da Vinci“, “Juif Errant“
1715    violin    “Aurea“
1715    violin    “Harold Joachim“, “1715“, “Cremonese“
1715c.    violin    “Schneiderhan“
1716    violin    “Baron Wittgenstein“
1716    violin    “Goldman“, “Milstein“
1716    violin    “Nachez“
1716c.    violin    “Baron Oppenheim“, “Professor Exner“
1716c.    violin    “Berthier“, “Franz von Vecsey“
1717    violin    “Hämmerle“, “Baumgartner“
1717    violin    “Reiffenberg“
1717    cello    “Bonamy Dobree“, “Suggia“
1718    violin    “Székely“
1718    violin    “Viotti“, “Arnold Rosé“
1718c.    violin    “Prové“
1719    violin    “Wieniawski“, “Bower“
1720    violin    “Bavarian“, “King Ludwig II of Bavaria“
1720    violin    “L'Evèque“
1720    violin    “Rochester“
1720c.    violin    “Red Mendelssohn“
1720-1725c.    violin    Tartini
1721    violin    “Lelong“, “Cobbett“, “Joseph Suk“
1721    violin    
1722    violin    “Hamma“, “Vollrath“
1722    violin    “Rode“
1722c.    violin    “Cadiz“, “Cannon“, “Wilmotte“
1722c.    violin    “Joachim“, “Elman“, “Bloomfeld“
1723    violin    “Edler“, “McCormack“, “Healy“
1723c.    violin    “Kiesewetter“
1724    violin    “Ludwig“
1724    violin    “Paganini“, “Bentinck“, “Stucki“, “Sándor Végh“
1724    violin    “Rawark“
1724    cello    “Hausmann“
1724c.    violin    “Abergavenny“
1725    violin    “Chaconne“, “Hammig“
1725    violin    “Duke of Cambridge“, “Bott“
1725    violin    “Koeber“
1725c.    violin    “da Vinci“
1726    violin    “Sleeping Beauty“
1727    violin    “Barrere“
1727    violin    “Halphen“, “Benvenuti“
1727    violin    “Holroyd“
1727    violin    
1727    viola    “Cassavetti“
1727c.    violin    “Laub“, “Petschnikoff“
1728    violin    “Artôt“, “Alard“
1728    violin    “Perkin“
1728    violin    “Thunis“
1729    violin    “Benny“
1729    violin    “Innes“, “Loder“
1729c.    violin    “Maurin“, “Rubinoff“
1730c.    violin    “Vesuvius“
1731    violin    “Lady Jeanne“
1732    cello    “Stuart“, “Honigberg“
1732c.    violin    “Baillot“, “Briselli“
1732c.    violin    “Rieu“
1733c.    violin    “Tangye“, “Segelman“
1734    violin    “Baron Feilitzsch“, “Heermann“
1734    violin    “Scotland University“
1734    violin    “Wilmotte“
1734c.    viola    “Saint Senoch“, “Gibson“
1736c.    violin    “Spencer Dyke“