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FRANCISI [or FINX], Erasmus. ~ Der Wunder-reiche Uberzug unserer Nider- Welt, Oder Erd-umgebende Lufft-Kreys, Nach seinem natürlichen Wesen, manchfaltigen Eigenschafften, Nutzen, und Würckungen, natür- und unnatürlichen, feuer- und wässerigen Erscheinungen.

Nuremberg: Wolffgang Moritz Endter,  1680.
£6000.00
US$11668.18*






 
£60.00
US$116.68*











£650.00
US$1264.05*



STRUTT, Joseph. Antoine Marie Henri BOULARD, translator.  ~ Angleterre ancien, ou, Tableau des mœurs, usages, armes, habillemens, &c. des anciens habitans de l'Angleterre; c'est-à-dire, des anciens Bretons, des Anglo-Saxons, des Danois & des Normands. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois de M. Joseph Strutt, par M. B***, & pouvant servir de suite aux Recueils de Montsaucon & de Caylus.

Paris: [widow Herissant for]: Maradin,  1789.
£750.00
US$1458.52*


(TEXTILES). Notebook of instructions, patterns and recipes for making linen and paper flowers for use on textiles. ~ 

[Low Countries:  1743 and later.]
The work of an eighteenth-century nun, this exceptional manuscript brings together detailed instructions for the dyeing of linen cloth using natural and chemical dies, for making artificial flowers from the dyed cloth, for their application to ecclesiastical vestments, altar cloths and hangings, and for the correct combination of iconographic elements. The bold penwork and wash designs comprise sprays of flowers and foliage (sunflowers, panseys, tulips and carnations) are delightful expressions of a long-established tradition of work in Cambrai linen in the Low Countries. The technical data concerning dyes and their practical application is especially valuable since it is the work of a craftswoman with detailed experience of their use. There are numerous asides (sometimes in the form of added slips or addenda) ampliying or modiying the instructions given. As well as cloth, there are also instructions for colouring vellum and paper.The production of the manuscript in a bilingual context is interesting. The main text is in French, but there are translations of the names of dyes into Flemish and some of the later additions are also in Flemish. It was probably prepared at a convent of St Godelieve for the use of the nuns (a note in French and Flemish tells us that it is not to be given or lent to anyone outside). A prominent note "ora pro Sr. Marie Placida Bens" may provide the author/artist's name. The loosely inserted notes include more recipes for dyes and instructions for use (mainly in Flemish), several more coloured designs (beasts, fruit and flowers), and cuttings from the decorative borders of three medieval manuscripts.As a whole the manuscript provides a remarkable insight into contemporary craft practices and evidence for female participation in a well- established traditional industry.   view more...
£2750.00
US$5347.91*






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