costume book sizes and links
Feb. 22nd, 2018 03:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So I have had copies of all the costume books I could for a long time. But I have not recorded for my own purposes any really good descriptions of the books- size, materials etc.
This is important if I am going to make a nice physical copy of my own book. The Omnium book by Bruyn is about 22cm tall and 32cm wide. This is a lot smaller than I was expecting but a good size for the kind of drawing I need to do which is full length figures with a bit of detail such as seams, but no need to draw actual stitches.
But first the tailoring books. I have linked to full copies of the full books.
it looks like 10cm high by 30cm wide or 30cm high and 20cm wide are the sizes I should aim for for books of patterns.
I think the latter is most useful for my purposes.
These are all free and I highly recommend each one.
Alcega 1580
landscape, no indication of size. A facimilie is available and it is Size: 29.7×10.5cm
Also here https://www.wdl.org/en/item/7333/
Freyle, 1588
10 x 29 cm (obl. fol.?)
Alcega, 1589
Met Muesum copy is 30 x 21.5
Burguen, 1818
30cmhx20cmw
Also http://encuadernacion.realbiblioteca.es/node/12729, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k8549738/f7.image)
Anduxar 1640
30cm tall
(also http://mdc.cbuc.cat/cdm/ref/collection/fonsantic/id/97, https://books.google.co.nz/books/about/Geometria_Y_Trazas_Pertenecientes_Al_Ofi.html?id=EVBZAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y,)