The Italian Double Bass

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    • Exactly matching The English Double Bass book in look and style
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    • Hand-numbered
    • Signed by the authors
    • Personalised message
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    • Exactly matching The English Double Bass book in look and style
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Following on from the success of The English Double Bass the authors are now working on the next title in the series, The Italian Double Bass. There will be 2,000 leather-bound books published. Owners of The English Double Bass will be interested to learn that the leather-bound copies will match The English Double Bass in binding and style. Every owner of The English Double Bass who orders The Italian Double Bass will enjoy matching numbered copies.

The Italian Double Bass

| The newest in the series of double bass books

Scheduled to be published in 2024, The Italian Double Bass features
some of the finest double basses ever made. We have secured around 150
instruments from some 80 of the great Italian makers with high-quality
photography, presented in a similar style and format to The English Double Bass.

Buy The English Double Bass and pre-order your leather-bound patron copy of The Italian Double Bass to have matching numbered books.

The Makers

| One hundred and fifty of Italy's finest double basses by 80 exceptional makers

The authors behind this book are privileged to have worked on many fine
Italian double basses over several decades. They are continuing to
arrange the photography and research for a great many instruments, and
are pleased to announce that work has already been completed on the
following makers:

Hieronymus Amati II, Luigi Bajoni, Domenico Busan, Giovanni Battista Ceruti, Gasparo da Salò, Ferdinand Gagliano, Mateo Goffriller, Giovanni Battista Grancino, Giuseppe Guadagnini, Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Giuseppe Rocca, Vincenzo Ruggeri, Gaetano Santagiuliana, Giacinto Santagiuliana, Paulo Antonio Testore, Carlo Antonio Testore, Pietro Lorenzo Vangelisti, Lorenzo Ventapane

Bibliographic Data

Name:
The Italian Double Bass		  Authors:
Thomas Martin, Martin Lawrence & George Martin
ISBN:
978-1-9164053-1-8 (cloth-bound) / 978-1-9164053-2-5 (leather-bound)		 Editor:
Wes Stanton
Press:
Heidelberg 106XL six-colour with coater		 Design:
Jade Freeman
Paper:
Amadeus Primo Gloss 170gsm		 Extent:
Around 500 pages
Page Size:
340mm x 240mm (portrait)		 Price:
£565
Finishing:
Case-bound in navy-blue leather presented in slipcase, with silver foil blocking to spine, cover and slipcase
To be released in 2024, The Italian Double Bass is an unprecedented work. It explores the makers of Italy and the beautiful double basses they made.