Condition: Good; Ex-Library book with usual marks; Otherwise in very good condition. Slight wear to the Jacket 2 Volumes: This is a Da Capo Press edition and is an unabridged republication of the first edition published in London in 1933. This is an exhaustive work of scholarship, interpretation, and authoritative opinion, van der Straeten's book is the definitive history of the violin. It outlines in detail the step-by-step evolution of the instrument from the Egyptian kithara to the Italian viola, and cites the musical climates, craftsmen, and performers responsible for initiating changes or perpetuating traditions in the course of its development through the early twentieth century. In Volume I: Part I is the Origin and Early History of the Violin to 1700. There is substantial work on the different instruments related to the early Violin. There are chapters on violinists as well. Part II is the History of the Violin from 1700 to 1800 After a short history of the Violin, ther