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Mr Black's Violins: The extraordinary obsession of Gerald Segelman (Deluxe Edition) by Andrew Hooker

4.00 kg
Deluxe
Cozio Publishing
216
978-0-9764431-2-4
2009
Boston
$450.00
A reclusive English millionaire who made his fortune in a line of cinemas and cafés, Gerald Segelman amassed one of the largest and most impressive collections of violins ever put together. Few people, even insiders in London’s violin scene, knew the extent of Segelman’s collection until after his death in 1992 when some details of a legal case involving his estate were reported to the press.

A tribute to Segelman’s lifelong fascination with violins, this book tells the story of his collecting obsession, featuring colour photos and descriptions of 45 of the instruments he once owned. Included are examples by Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, Carlo Bergonzi, Nicolò Amati, Pietro Guarneri ‘of Venice’, G. P. Maggini, G. B. Guadagnini, J. B. Vuillaume, Lorenzo Storioni, and many other makers. 

Read John Dilworth's review in The Strad!

This Deluxe Edition of the book is limited to75 numbered copies and is bound in burgundy goatskin.

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