This book is a modern reprint of the original edition written by Heinrich Bauer and published by the Heinrich Bauer Music Company in 1911, in New York. The author describes the contents as follows: "This book is intended to be a practical hand book to every violin player and violin owner. It not only describes the characteristic peculiarities of the five most important classical masters, viz.: Maggini, Amati, Stradivari, Guarneri, and Stainer, and gives a true design of the sound holes found in their violins - one of the most important characterisitcs of every individual make - but it also offers a short history of the entire development of violin making, mentioning the names of almost all violin makers in chronological order, and reproducing at the same time many hundreds of genuine violin labels in original photgraphic copies." Also included in the book are sections on: famous bow makers, theory on cremonese violin varnish, market prices of 51 different violin maker's violins compared from 1891 to 1911, discussion of fake violin labels, 8.5 by 11 size, comb bound, ISBN 0-931877-39-3. $29.95 Secure Online Payment. Free shipping within the USA