Catalogue of the superb collection of Cremona instruments of the late Count Castelbarco, of Milan
Subtitle: (to whom is dedicated M. Fetis' "Mémoire sur Stradivarius") : this collection, of European celebrity for the number, beauty, and perfect condition of the specimens it contains, consists of five violins by Stradiuarius, two violins by Guarnerius, four violins by Nicolas and Andreas Amati, violas by Stradiuarius and Steiner, two violoncellos by Stradiuarius, a violoncello by Nicolas Amati, also, an autograph letter of Ant. Stradiuarius, (printed in facsimile in M. Fetis' "Mémoire") : to be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, auctioneer of music, literary property and works of art, at their new and very spacious premises, No. 47, Leicester Square, on Thursday, June 26th, 1862, at three o'clock most punctually : may be viewed two days before the sale
Publisher: Puttick and Simpson
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Musical instrument collections; Catalogs; Bowed stringed instruments; Musical instruments; Catalogs and collections; Private collections; Puttick and Simpson
Notes: 31 lots.

Place of sale: London.

Date of Sale: June 26, 1862.

Purchase; Maggs Brothers, Ltd. ; 1992 April 14; 2022-249; Hermon Dunlap Smith Bequest.

As issued, in printed paper; in prefab case.