THE

ART AND MYSTERY

OF A

CORDWAINER;

OR,

AN ESSAY

ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

OF

BOOT AND SHOE-MAKING.

WITH ILLUSTRATIVE COPPER PLATES,

By JOHN F. REES

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR GALE, CURTIS, AND FENNER,

PATERNOSTER-ROW

1813

 

Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., Shoe-Lane

CONTENTS.

PART THE FIRST.

(Preface)  
THREAD and WAX 2
CLOSING 6
LINING 13
Man’s Shoe (Making) 15
Man’s Pump (ditto) 39
Channel Pump (ditto) 45
Man’s Boot (ditto) 48
Cork Sole Boot or Shoe 52
Woman’s Wood-heel Pump 54
Woman's Wood-heel ditto, Silk, &c 68
Woman’s Shoe, &c 74
Woman’s Cork Shoe 77
Woman’s Cork Pump 78
Turn-over Pump or Shoe 78
Woman’s Plain-heel Shoe or Pump 80
Observations, &c 80

PART THE SECOND.

Cutting of Men’s Shoes 85
Cutting of Men’s Boots 103
Cutting of Hessian Boots 120
Cutting of Half-Boots to lace 126
Cutting of Women’s Shoes or Slippers 128
Cutting of Women’s Half-Boots 132
Cutting of Hide Leather for Soles, &c 133
Observations 134
Conclusion 138
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(Illustrations)  

 

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