Violin -- History books

The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators

George Hart

The work is a scholarly reference on the violin, its historic development, and the lives of its most…

Biographical notice of Nicolo Paganini With an analysis of his compositions, and a sketch of the history of the violin.

François-Joseph Fétis

The Violin and Old Violin Makers Being a Historical & Biographical Account of the Violin, with Facsimiles of Labels of the Old Makers

A. Mason Clarke