Author: LENGERER, E.,
Title: Der Bau des normalen und des anormalen Fusses und Schuhes. [Originalausgabe/original edition].
Description: Stuttgart, Holland & Josenhaus, 1926. Original printed stiff thin wrappers. 48pp. Frontispiece and 3 plates illustrating human anatomy, text-ills. and figs. of abnormal feet and orthopaedic shoes, table of contents on verso of lower outer wrapper, publ. list on lower outer wrapper. [Fachkunde für Schuhhmacher, 2. Heft]. German language technical treatise on behalf of shoe- and bootmakers, particularly of orthopaedic shoes and boots, focused upon human anatomy of legs and feet, especially on abnormalities. Apart from anatomy pictures also illustrate orthopaedic shoes. (ex-lib. label near tail of front outer joint, spine skilfully clothbacked, ex-lib. stamp on recte of frontispiece, on ti.-p. with a library registration number, a bit dog-eared, still a reasonable copy of an interesting textbooklet).

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