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THE

BOOK OF THE FEET:

A
HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES,

With Illustrations

OF THE
FASHIONS OF THE EGYPTIANS, HEBREWS, PERSIANS, GREEKS, AND
ROMANS, AND THE PREVAILING STYLE THROUGHOUT EUROPE,
DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, DOWN TO THE PRESENT PERIOD;
ALSO,
HINTS TO LAST-MAKERS, AND REMEDIES FOR CORNS, ETC.

B Y   J.   S P A R K E S   H A L L,
Patent-Elastic-Boot Maker to her Majesty the Queen, the Queen Dowager,
and the Queen of the Belgians.

FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION,
WITH A HISTORY OF BOOTS AND SHOES IN THE UNITED STATES,
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EMINENT SHOEMAKERS,
AND CRISPIN ANECDOTES.

N E W   Y O R K:
WILLIAM H. GRAHAM, TRIBUNE BUILDINGS,
J. S. REDFIELD, CLINTON HALL.
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1847.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,

By J. S. REDFIELD,

in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in
and for the Southern District of New York.

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STEREOTYPED BY REDFIELD & SAVAGE,
13 Chambers Street, N. Y.

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AMERICAN PREFACE.

The work embraced in the following pages, which has been received withgreat favor in England, in the fashionable circles, as well as by thetrade, the publisher has great confidence will prove attractive andinteresting to the American public.

“I have given,” says Mr. Hall, in his preface to the English edition,“the result of my experience, derived from an intimate practicalacquaintance with this department of trade for twenty years, and haveendeavored to correct much that was bad in form and material, and Itrust have not only found fault in many instances with past and presentfashions, but have also enforced and provided the remedy. Theillustrations of the ancient fashions are all taken from the highestauthorities, and I believe may be relied on as historical.{4}”

In addition to the matter in the second London edition, we havesubjoined a History of Boots and Shoes in the United States, showing thechanges of fashion in this indispensable article of dress; also,numerous biographical sketches of individuals, who, having learned theart of shoemaking, have afterward distinguished themselves by theirgenius, talents, or worth, and occupied eminent stations among theirfellow-men.

The frequency of the development of literary talent among shoemakers hasoften been remarked. Their occupation, being a sedentary andcomparatively noise

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