Eighth impression. xxviii, 674pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece and three further monochrome plates. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 8vo. Cloth a little worn and marked, pushed at spine tips. Gilding on top edge is dull. A little tanning on endpapers. Lengthy but lovely inscription inked onto front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
Hugh Reginald Haweis (1838-1901) was primarily a clergyman and writer but fascinated my music and wrote books on bells and violins. He is perhaps best remembered for Music and Morals, first punblished in 1871. This volume provides a biographical review of his career and teachings and traces his musical journey and in particular his expert knowledge of Cremonese violin-makers and of composer Paganini etc.
