Author: VERBOOM, AGNES,
Title: De Breister: Eenvoudige en duidelijke leerwijze om zich zowel de dagelijks voorkomende, als de moderne Breiwerken spoedig en goed eigen te maken. [Derde druk; Third edition].
Description: Amsterdam, J. Vlieger, [circa], 1883. Small 8°. original wrappers. Coloured lithographed illustration with covertitle in bold red coloured type on front cover. Hftitle (verso blank). (xvi), 138pp. coloured illustrations on 2 extending plates at front, of which one with legenda and separate legenda to illustrations on pp. xii-xiii of a very detailed table of contents. Minutely detailed technical dutch language manual to various kinds of knitwear at home, being long forgotten kniwear techniques from bygone days. Very good and partly unopened copy. (brown stain inside front wrapper).

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