Hanks, J. F.; Otto, Jacob Augustus. A Complete System for the Violin : With a Supplement, containing, entire, the Celebrated Treatise on the Violin, by Jacob Augustus Otto; Cover Title: The American Violinist. Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1847. [11479]
Green leather spine with green printed paper over card, tall 11 x 9 inches. The paper is tattered at the edges exposing some of the card beneath. The front blank is torn with loss of the top half. 101, [3] pages, counted and complete. Foxing. Fair.
"Stereotyped by George A. Curtis, New England Type and Stereotype Foundry," on the copyright page. Date of 1846 on the copyright page, date of 1847 on the front cover.
154 music selections followed by instructions regarding violins and violin makers.