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• Shoes -- History

• Chaussure (A. Delahays, 1862), by P. L. Jacob and Alphonse Duchesne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire des cordonniers, et des artisans dont la profession se rattache à la cordonnerie ... précédée de L'histoire de la chaussure depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. (Seré, 1852), by P. L. Jacob, Ferdinand Seré, and Alphonse Duchesne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The romance of the shoe, being the history of shoemaking in all ages, and especially in England and Scotland. (C.J. Farncombe & sons, ltd., 1922), by Thomas Wright (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le livre d'or des métiers. (Seré, 1852), by P. L. Jacob, Ferdinand Seré, and Alphonse Duchesne (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short treatise on boots and shoes, ancient and modern (J. & J. Slater, 1884), by Walter H. Goater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chaussures d'antan (Devambez, 1913), by Jérôme Doucet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The book of the feet; a history of boots and shoes (W. H. Graham, 1847), by Joseph Sparkes Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die deutsche schuhgrossindustrie. (G. Fischer, 1908), by Carl Rehe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Calceus antiquus et mysticus (Apud Theodorum Haak, 1711), by Benoît Baudouin, Johann Friedrich Nilant, Hendrick Bary, Albert Rubens, Claude Saumaise, and Giulio Negrone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Delightful history of ye gentle craft : an illustrated history of feet costume, with the princely and entertaining history of SS. Crispin and Crispianus, and other noted shoemakers (Printed and published by Taylor & Son ;, 1876), by Sam S. Campion (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Short Treatise on Boots and Shoes, Ancient and Modern, by Walter H. Goater (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes, by Joseph Sparkes Hall (Gutenberg ebook)

• Chaussure (A. Delahays, 1862), by P. L. Jacob and Alphonse Duchesne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calceus antiquus et mysticus, et Jul. Nigronus De caliga veterum. Accesserune ex Cl. Salmacii notis ad librum Tertulliani de Pallio & Alb. Rubenii libris de re vestiaria excerpta ejusdem argumenti. Omnia figuris aucta & illustrata observatibus Joh. Frederici Nilant. (T. Haak, 1711), by Benoît Baudouin, Albert Rubens, Claude Saumaise, and Giulio Negrone (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die deutsche schuhgrossindustrie. (G. Fischer, 1908), by Carl Rehe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Calceus antiquus et mysticus (Apud Theodorum Haak, 1711), by Benoît Baudouin, Johann Friedrich Nilant, Hendrick Bary, Albert Rubens, Claude Saumaise, and Giulio Negrone (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chaussure (A. Delahays, 1862), by P. L. Jacob and Alphonse Duchesne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shoes and shoemaking illustrated : a brief sketch of the history and manufacture of shoes from the earliest time (Press of Kehew & Odell, 1897), by W. C. Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calceus antiquus et mysticus, et Jul. Nigronus De caliga veterum. Accesserune ex Cl. Salmacii notis ad librum Tertulliani de Pallio & Alb. Rubenii libris de re vestiaria excerpta ejusdem argumenti. Omnia figuris aucta & illustrata observatibus Joh. Frederici Nilant. (T. Haak, 1711), by Benoît Baudouin, Albert Rubens, Claude Saumaise, and Giulio Negrone (page images at HathiTrust)
• The shoe in romance and history (Press of A. Carlisle & Co., 1915), by Herbert Chester Towle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die deutsche schuhgrossindustrie. (G. Fischer, 1908), by Carl Rehe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• L'art de St. Crispin jusqu'à la chaussure Slater (s.n., 1896), by George T. Slater & Sons (Firme) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Calceus antiquus et mysticus (Apud Theodorum Haak, 1711), by Benoît Baudouin, Johann Friedrich Nilant, Hendrick Bary, Albert Rubens, Claude Saumaise, and Giulio Negrone (page images at HathiTrust)

• De calceis Hebraeorum libri duo (Ex Officina Theodori Goris, bibliopol., 1695), by Anthony Bynaeus and Theodore Goris (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pacemakers of progress : the story of shoes and the shoe industry (Hide and Leather Publishing Co., 1946), by Harold R. Quimby (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Oddshoefinder.com Shoe Wearer's Handbook (c2010), by Clare Barron and Kent Basson (Epub and Mobi at oddshoefinder.com)
• Market for rubber-soled footwear in China. (Govt. print. off., 1924), by Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men and women's furnishings ; House furnishings (International Textbook Company, 1905), by International Correspondence Schools (page images at HathiTrust)
• Feet and shoes (The Womans Press, 1928), by Jane Bellows (page images at HathiTrust)
• The soldiers' manual of foot care and foot wear (Dryden Publishing company, ltd., 1916), by Cecil Webb-Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Royal and historic gloves and shoes (Methuen & Co., 1904), by William Beales Redfern (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Standardization of Work Measurement. Volume 7, Bench Work Occupations. (Defense Technical Information Center, 1975), by DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guía teórico-práctica para el fabricante de calzado y el de hormas ([s.n.], 1878), by José Simón y Radó (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practipedics : the science of giving foot comfort and correcting the cause of foot and shoe troubles (American School of Practipedics, 1917), by Chicago American School of Practipedics and William Mathias Scholl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scientific allowance and cost system for upper leather cutting in shoe factories. (Shoe Trades Pub. Co., 1922), by W. W. Russ and F. L. Small (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of footwear (C.R. Rasmussen, 1912), by C. R. Rasmussen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practipedics : the science of giving foot comfort and correcting the cause of foot and shoe troubles, based on the experience, inventions and methods of Dr. William M. Scholl. (The School, 1932), by American School of Practipedics and William Mathias Scholl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Military orthopaedic surgery (Lea & Febiger, 1918), by United States. Surgeon-General's Office. Orthopaedic Council, Robert Jones, Edward Lyman Munson, and United States. Army Medical Department (1968- ) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dress and care of the feet: showing their natural shape and construction; their usual distorted condition; how corns, bunions, flat feet, and other deformities are caused, with instructions for their prevention or cure. Also, directions for dressing the feet with comfort and elegance, and many useful hints to those who wear, as well as those who make foot-coverings., by John Lord Peck (Gutenberg ebook)

• Illustrated catalogue and price list of boots, shoes, slippers, rubbers, etc. : text. (The Company, 1891), by Alfred J. Cammeyer (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British standard exporter ... Boots and shoes series. (The Standard Catalogue Co., Ltd., 1921) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Sorosis : the perfected American shoe. (A. E. Little & Co., 1902), by A.E. Little & Co (page images at HathiTrust)

• Griechisches Schuhwerk : eine antiquarische Untersuchung (F. Staudenraus, 1914), by Konrad Erbacher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Unlasted leather footwear uppers from India : determination of no material injury or threat thereof in investigation no. 701-TA-1 (final) under section 705(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, together with the information obtained in the investigation (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1980), by United States International Trade Commission, Gerald R. Benedick, William W. Gearhart, and J. Gail Burns (page images at HathiTrust)

• The manufacture of boots and shoes : being a modern treatise of all the processes of making and manufacturing footgear (Chapman & Hall ;, 1902), by F. Y. Golding (page images at HathiTrust)

• Boot and shoe recorder. (Chilton, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
• La Chaussure moderne; journal professionnel indépendant de mode et d'exportation. (André Vollant, in the 20th century) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Textile & Leather Review (2018-) (partial serial archives)

• 1977 census of manufactures : industry series, tanning, industrial leather goods, and shoes. (Washington : Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1980., 1980), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)

• Certain nonrubber footwear from Brazil, India, and Spain : determinations of the Commission in investigations nos. 104-TAA-16, 17, and 18 under section 104(b) of the Trade agreements act of 1979, together with the information obtained in the investigations. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1983), by United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1879 spring and summer price list of boots and shoes from JNO. Damer & Co., manufacturers and wholesale dealers 77 King Street East, Toronto. (s.n., 1875), by Jno. Damer & Co (page images at HathiTrust)

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