Excerpt from The Violin Manufacture in Italy and Its German Origin: An Historical Sketch Certainly it is extraordinary that through the Praxis alone a violin model could be created, which, while offering beauty of form, and an easy manner of performance, should prove, with regard to richness and power of tone, to be the best which can be invented, notwith standing the numerous endeavours which have been made, accompanied in part by the most rigorous and ingenious scientific enquiry. Even the prepara tion of the Italian lac - upon which such store is set by amateurs and collectors, and which, for colour, fire, and transparency, has never been equalledw-must be regarded as a secret. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.