The violin bought by Sir Samuel Hellier in 1679 from the maker Antonius Stradivarius himself. Two old bows noted for their fluting beneath. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' 鈥楳usical Instruments; Historic; Rare and Unique;' Adam and Charles Black; Edinburgh; 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated 鈥楾he Royal House of Stuart' (1890); 鈥楴aval and Military Trophies' (1896); and others.