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"M. De Garsault's 1767 Art of The Shoemaker"

An Annotated Translation by D.A. Saguto

“No work about shoemaking and footwear is more significant than Art of the Shoemaker: An Annotated Translation. . . . This book is a fascinating look into the lives and production of eighteenth-century shoemakers and their trade’s prominent place in western civilization.” –Edward Maeder, Curator of Textiles, Historic Deerfield

Despite the universal importance of shoes to mankind, there has been surprisingly little scholarship on eighteenth-century shoemaking. Now D.A. Saguto, master boot- and shoemaker for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the nation’s leading researcher on early shoes and shoemaking, presents an English translation the key text from the period: M. De Garsault’s Art du cordonnier.

In addition to the translation of Garsault’s text, the book includes Saguto’s extensive notes, comments from eighteenth-century sources, a facsimile of the French text, and translations of other eighteenth-century writings about shoemaking.

Hardcover with jacket, 304 pages
9” x 11-1/4”
83 color and 8 black and white photos, 325 line drawings
ISBN: 978-0-89672-650-5
$65.00

Available through www.williamsburgmarketplace.com.