The Dr. Herbert Axelrod Stradivari Quartet by Francais, Jacques - 1985

Neptune City, N.J.: Paganiniana Publications, 1985. Hardcover. VG (Boards show mild foxing; pages are clean and bright; binding is solid.). Glossy black photo-illustrated boards with white lettering; 48 pp.; richly illustrated. This book is filled with gorgeous photos of the decorative elements of stringed instruments.

Hardcover. Fine. 4to in glossy illustrated boards. A Fine copy.

Neptune City, NJ: Paganiniana Publications, Inc, 1985. 1985 First Edition. NEAR FINE hardcover. (A jacket was not issued.) A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Generously illustrated with color photographs of the instruments, printed on fine glossy paper. The book is bound in a hardcover of color illustrated paper with a gloss lamination over boards. Pages pristine. Slight rubbing to cover laminate, cover otherwise fine. Binding and hinges secure and straight. Historical background (including reproductions of documents pertinent to provenance) and physical descriptions of this quartet of magnificent Stradivarius instruments: the Greffuhle violin, the Ole Bull violin, the Herbert Axelrod viola and the Marylebone cello. Axelrod donated the quartet to the Smithsonian Institution in 1997. 8-1/2 x 11-1/4". 48 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Francais, Isabelle (photographer).

Neptune City, New Jersey: Paganiniana Publications, 1985. 1st. Pictorial Cover. Collectible; Fine. 1985 catalogue of Dr. Herbert Axelrod's famous "quartet" of original Stradivari stringed instruments, consisting of 2 Stradivari violins, a Stradivari viola and a Stadivari cello. INSCRIBED BY DR. AXELROD in the year-of-publication on the front free endpaper. A bright, clean, Near Fine copy in laminated boards. A touch of light spotting to the title page, otherwise immaculate. High-quality color photos illustrating each of these priceless instruments accompany the text. Quarto, 48 pgs.