Go to www.oxbowbooks.com . Choose "Click here for US Pricing". Put Alcega into the Search box and you get: Tailor's Pattern Book 1589 by Juan de Alcega This book presents a facsimile of Juan de Alcega's Spanish tailor's guide from the late 16th century, which `sets out the complicated calculations needed for adapting measurements in the days when cloth and other materials were woven in many standard widths'. It also describes and illustrated methods of tailoring and cutting and provides tables to help the tailor calculate the amount of cloth required for different garments for men and women. The facsimile is followed by an illustrated English translation and a glossary. 88p plus 66p, b/w illus (Ruth Bean rep 2000, 2004)
ISBN-13: 978-0-903585-31-6 ISBN-10: 0-903585-31-6 Paperback. Price US $65.00 Personally, when I saw it had come out again I bought 3 copies just so the publisher/distributor (in this case David Brown is the US distributor I think) would know that there were people able and willing to buy such a title. At that time it was $40.00 since I got the pre-printing distribution discount. Since then I have earned a spot on the David Brown Marketing Manager's e-mail list which is guanines to deplete your bank account in a hurry! He asked if I thought that another 200 of the Moda di Firenzie could be sold or if the market had been saturated... I laughed. It is also there for sale at $90.00 and he is very happy with the sales figures. The Inventories of Henry VIII, edited by David Starky are also there for $84 and the new Dress in the Court of Henry VIII, for $96 for the Very Nice paperback. The 1542 Inventory of Whitehall: The Palace and its Keeper, by Maria Hayward is also there, but at $320 it is a trifle steep, but there are two volumes 8-0) (that's the sign that I lost control and bought a set for myself). Something to spend that Christmas bonus on! Wanda > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
