The History of the Violin, its Ancestors and Collateral Instruments, from earliest times to the present day. With 48 plates, etc by Edmund Sebastian Joseph van der Straeten, composer, 1855-1934. Facsimile of Volume 1. This, together with volume 2, cover the origin and history of the violin as well as biographies of many violinists. | History of the Violin Its Ancestors and Collateral Instruments from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Volume 1. (Fascimile reprint)