Publication Date: 2009
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
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.