Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart (The Violin and Lute Makers From the Middle Ages to the Present) is one of the earliest comprehensive reference books for violins and luthiers. It was compiled by (1856–1937) and originally published in 1904.
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 (online copy "via" Internet Archive)
 (online copy "via" HathiTrust)
 
 Vol. 1 (online copy "via" Google Books)
 Vol. 2 (online copy "via" Internet Archive)
 5th and 6th ed. (reprint), Nendeln, Liechtenstein: Kraus Reprint Ltd. (1968)
 6th ed. (reprint), Tutzing: Hans Schneider (publisher) (1975)
 
 
 
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