The pictures are accompanied by comprehensive historical, critical and technical notes that combine teh expertise of the two authors, a concert performer and guitar maker (a third expert has contributed a chapter devoted specifically to strings). But the text goes far beyond the merely technical and instrumental, reconstructing an important chapter in the cultural history of Spain.

The compact disc enclosed with the volume has been specially recorded by Stefano Grondona. It provides access to the sound of these historical instruments, some of which have not been heard in public for many years.

Hardcover, 216 pages.