M. De Garsault's 1767 Art of the Shoemaker. An Annotated Translation by A.D. Saguto.

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Williamsburg Virginia: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in association with Texas Tech University Press (2009). 4to. Orig. cloth. Gilt spine. Illust. dustjacket. (xviii 286pp.). Profusely illust. with frontisp. title-vign. and b/w text-illusts. Marbled endpapers. Fine. NOTE: A French botanist zoologist and painter Francois Alexandre Pierre de Garsault wrote 'Art du Cordonnier' in 1767. It was the first major scholarly work to be written on Shoemakers and their trade.