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(NEEDLEWORK / CHRISTINE SLUTER / DUTCH WOMEN ARTISTS.) Verzalamling van Nieuwe en Elegante Breiwerken. 5 lithographed plates and 4 small loose supplied lace swatches. [1], 68 pages. Small 12mo, 19th-century blue cloth over marbled boards; manuscript correction to page 57, scattered light creasing, a few minor worm holes (affecting two letters of text on pg 20), samples a bit loose but intact, contents otherwise clean and bright. Amsterdam: J. D. Gertner, 1843
first edition of a scarce women's pattern book for knitting and lacemaking. While three copies of the second and fourth editions (1844-45) are held in Dutch and American institutions, no copy of this edition can be traced. The examples in the book are supplied by a follower of the instructions offered, which includes various stitches and designs. Considered to be the among the earliest, if not the first, book on the subject.
