Author: KIPP, A. - B.SCHIPPER-VAN LOTTUM & L. VAN DER VLERK,
Title: Nuttig en fraai. Zuidhollandse merk-en stoplappen. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Haarlem, Becht, 1987. Small square 8°. orig. Original coloured limp wrappers, covertitle in bold white type, coloured illustration of an antique dutch sample. Covers designed by Remy Mettrop. 63pp. Monochrome frontispiece, many captioned monochrome and coloured illustrations in text, some captioned full-page mochchrome plates illustrating antique dutch samplers and darning-samplers, very large extending monochrome plate illustrating basic pattern for samplers with key loosely inserted, concise bibliogr. and list of sources consulted, key to symbols used., table of contents, coloured modern sampler and synopsis on lower outer cover. Dutch language historic survey discussing and describing antique dutch Samplers and Darning-samplers originating from South-Holland province, the Netherlands. Published alongside an exhibition in the Rotterdam Historical Museum. Very fine copy.

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