Copyright: Karel Jalovec
Translated: J.B. Kozak
Edited : Patrick Hanks
Prepared: by Artia for Paul Hamlyn
This is the definitive history of the craft as it developed in Central and Western Europe and as it spread across the world. Biographical details and comments on characteristics in the style of every known craftsman together with illustrations of instruments are included, giving insight as well into the life and times of such great makers as Stradivari, Stainer, the Amatis, the Guarneris, and the Hill family.