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Author: [ARTS & CRAFTS] Simón y Radó, J.

Title: Guía teórico-práctica para el fabricante de calzado y el de hormas. Obra premiada en concurso público por la Sociedad Económica Matritense.

Date and publisher: Madrid. Imprenta y Fundición de M. Tello. 1878 .

Description: A complete treatise on the manner of manufacturing shoes, boots and lasts in the 19th century, both for normal as well as deformed feet; profusely illustrated with lithographs; the work was honored in a public competition by the Sociedad Económica Matritense and covers a topic very difficult to find in bibliographies on arts and manufactures.

Un tratado completo sobre como fabricar calzados, botas y hormas en el siglo XIX, tanto para pies normales como defectuosos; profusamente ilustrado con litografías, esta obra fue premiada en concurso público por la Sociedad Económica Matritense y trata un tema muy difícil de encontrar en las bibliografías sobre artes y oficios.

Binding: Contemporary half leather.

Size: 8.75 x 6.5   inches / 22.5 x 15.5 cm.

Number of pages: XXVIII + 162 pages.

Condition: Very good, several plates, some folding.

Internal  reference: P2G7.