[Rarebooks] FS: 1880s Shoe Catalog & Original Artwork for the Cover

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

1880s Best & Company Lilliputian Bazaar Shoe Catalog No.15 & Original 
Artwork for the Cover.

A booklet called “About Shoes”, issued as Catalog 15 by Best & Co.’s, 
Lilliputian Bazaar of New York City, which is actually a catalog of 
their latest women’s, men’s and children’s shoes. The illustration for 
the catalog cover shows a Renaissance-era dandy riding a horse, holding 
large waving banner that says “About Shoes” (undoubtedly a common sight 
in the streets of Renaissance-era New York City), all under a lineup of 
antique shoes. Accompanying the catalog is a rough pen & ink sketch on 
paper of this deign, and a larger and more finished pen & ink drawing on 
card stock with some penciled printer’s directions, and some white 
inking applied to simulate cross-hatching. A most interesting trio.

Softcover. 4.5”x5.75”, 19 pages, line cuts. Minor soil, light wear. 
With- 5”x6” pen & ink sketch on paper, and 7”x7.75” pen & ink sketch on 
card stock. Some light wear and soil. [43410]  $175

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