Needlework.- Celnart (E.F.) Manuel des Demoiselles, second edition, 3 folding engraved plates, 2 with partial hand-colouring, light spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine gilt, lower joint split, [Colas 568], Paris, Roret, 1827; Tecnologia Femminile, first Italian edition, 2 with partial hand-colouring, errata leaf, 1826; Etologia Femminile, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece with partial hand-colouring, 1828, together 2 works in 1, contemporary cloth, faded and stained, Milan, G.Pirotta § Dillmont (T. de) Album für Kreuzstichstickerei, First & Second Series, 2 vol., loose as issued in original decorated board folders, ties defective, Mulhouse, [c.1898-1913]; Encyclopédie des Ouvrages de Dames, colour plates, original cloth, Mulhouse, [c.1920] § Album de Broderies pour Linge, colour pictorial title, designs printed in various colours, contemporary cloth-backed boards, [?Paris], [c.1900] § Wichelhaus (Oscar) L'Arte del Ricamo in Rilievo, trade catalogue, prices printed on pink paper, original wrappers with illustration mounted on upper cover and printed in gold, a little faded and frayed at edges, Milan, Wichelhaus, [c.1920], all a little rubbed; and c.35 others, continental, mostly needlework and embroidery including 4 bound volumes of Il Ricamo with inserted folding patterns and a folder of French engravings of textile/needlework subjects from Diderot & d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, v.s. (c.40)
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