=THE LACE BOOK.= By N. HUDSON MOORE, Author of 'The Old
China Book,' 'The Old Furniture Book,' etc. With Seventy
Engravings, showing specimens of Lace, or its wear in famous
Portraits, with Border by C. E. CARTWRIGHT, and Decorations
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This is a handsomely illustrated history of lace from the
earliest times. It is divided into five parts, dealing
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and Spanish Laces, and English and Irish Lace. In the
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lace manufacture in all countries in an exhaustive manner and
gives full details of the different styles of lace of the
various periods.
The illustrations are an important feature in the book.
Besides reproductions of every imaginable style of lace work,
there are many illustrations of notable personages of history
wearing robes and garments which exhibit some remarkable lace
of their period.
_A REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION_
=RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION.= By G. H. PERRIS. With numerous
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_AN IMPORTANT NEW WORK ON HEREDITY_
=THE PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY.= By G. ARCHDALL REID, Author of
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_A NEW BOOK BY THE AUTHOR OF 'HONORIA'S PATCHWORK'_
=A COAT OF MANY COLOURS.= Woven from Honoria's Letters to
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