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Language: English/French
Hardcover
Page Open Format: 102 x 42 cm
Size: 440 x 280 x 50 mm
Weight: 4 Kg
DESCRIPTION & CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION & CONTENTS
Very interesting book. We call it a book in a manner of speaking.
The work consists of a box case with gold stamping and lined with imitation Imitlin fabric, 34 fold-out 4-section photographs inside, and a jacket with dry relief in the middle. 34 life-size photos of historical guitars made by 31 of the best guitar makers in the history of Traditional Guitar Making. You can also see detailed and high-definition photos of the rosette and back of the guitars and an introduction of each guitar maker’s biography.
The 34 folded photographs can be viewed separately as you see in the photos and video you find here in Madera.
The interesting thing here is also that you have in front of you the real size guitar you can explore at last details in very high definition image quality and with the actual measurements of the guitar. This way you can take measures of the different parts of the guitar and compare them with your own guitars from your collection or with the other guitars that appear in the book and you can see from these guitar makers the evolution of the guitar from the 19th century (1856) to our days (2008) and the different aesthetics and styles that these great guitar makers have used along history for their guitars.
This book is probably the pinnacle in the excellent work done in Paris by Alberto Martinez and Clémentine Jouffroy who are doing to make known in their published books the extraordinary history of classical guitar and traditional guitar making.
An exceptional book in quality of photos, concept, design, and historical interest.
1. 1856 Antonio de Torres -La Leona
2. 1860 Antonio de Torres FE 13
3. 1874 Vicente Arias
4. 1887 Antonio de Torres SE 111
5. 1905 Jose Ramirez
6. 1912 Enrique Garcia
7. 1912 Manuel Ramirez
8. 1921 Modesto Borreguero
9. 1925 Domingo Esteso
10. 1929 Antonio Pascual Viudes
11. 1929 Francisco Simplicio
12. 1932 Miguel Simplicio
13. 1933 Santos Hernandez -Flamenca
14. 1933 Enrique Sanfeliu
15. 1935 Santos Hernandez -Clásica
16. 1936 Miguel Rodriguez Beneyto
17. 1938 Hermann Hauser I
18. 1954 Edgar Monch
19. 1955 Marcelo Barbero
20. 1957 Richard Jacob Weissgerber
21. 1959 Robert Bouchet
22. 1959 Manuel de la Chica
23. 1960 Hermann Hauser II
24. 1962 Arcangel Fernandez
25. 1965 David Rubio
26. 1966 Ignacio Fleta e hijos
27. 1967 Masuru Kohno
28. 1969 Hernandez y Aguado
29. 1969 Jose Ramirez III -owned by Andres Segovia
30. 1973 Miguel Rodriguez -Wonderful
31. 1978 Manuel Velazquez
32. 1982 Jose Luis Romanillos
33. 1984 Manuel Contreras -Carlevaro Model
34. 2008 Daniel Friederich