Two Editions of The Knitted Lace Collar Receipt Book.

Fourth edition of one and third edition, second series of the other. 32mo (3 3/4 x 4 /12 inches each). 24 pp. of text to each volume. The first volume has a color frontispiece of two lace collars and the book contains the instructions for making them. The same is true for the second volume but there are two color frontispieces with four lace collars and their attendant instructions. Both with publisher's elaborately colored wrappers. Some expected rubbing but quite pretty overall.Lace collars were immensely popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Along came the industiral revolutions and machines were soon producing lace of comparable quality so the prestige of lace slipped a bit. "There was a lace Revival period in the late 1800s. Since the skill of making lace had almost died out, new forms of lacemaking involving machine made parts were developed. Long strips that looked like parts of handmade lace were sold in the local stores. These could be arranged in a pattern and hand stitched together with needle and thread. All the Ladies Magazines of the day had directions for collars and other garment accessories. Names similar to the old laces were given to these lace constructs" (Portland Lace Society). I can hear the audience yelling "Enough!".…