Also contains a 33rpm vinyl record in a rear pocket. The book contains 15 plates, of which 1 is in colour.
Biography of Angelo Benedetto Ventura, c. 1781-1856, who patented the harp-ventura (a fashionable harp-guitar hybrid instrument) in 1828. Ventura taught guitar to a number of high profile Regency period persons, including Princess Charlotte of Great Britain.