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I have collected as many examples of extant tailoring and dressmaking books as I can to create a virtual timeline very easily accessed by the public.

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1520 Albrecht Durer’s Tagebuch

Albrecht Dürer’s Tagebuch der Reise in die Niederlande.

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1540s (?): Schuste, Meisterstückbuch

Meisterstückbuch der Schneiderzunft zu Schwabach gefertigt von Joh. Georg Schuster

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1540s- Il Libro del Sarto

Ioanne Iacomo, 1540s-?,
Il Libro del Sarto

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1545- 1568: Nidermayr, Meisterstückbüch

Die Meisterstückbücher des Schneiderhandwerks in Innsbruck

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1567-Breslau Polish cutting guide

Polish Tailor’s Cutting Guide from Germany, Breslau 1567, AC 1992.243.1.

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1580: Juan de Alcega Libro de geometria, practica y traça

[Libro de geometria, practica y traça [Texto impreso] […]

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1588: Freyle, Geometria y traça para el oficio de los sastres

Geometria y traça para el oficio de los sastres […]

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1589: Alcega, Libro de geometria, pratica y traça [Texto impreso]

Libro de geometria, pratica y traça [Texto impreso] […]

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1590 (?): Leonfeldner Schnittbuch

Oberosterreichisches Landesarchiv, Linz, Austria Zunftarchivalien Sch. 96

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1590 (?): Schneidermusterbuch (Enns)

Schneidermusterbuch: Käysserliche Freyhaitten d schneyder

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1617: Segovia, El libro Llibre de Geometría del ofici de sastres

El libro Llibre de Geometría del ofici de sastres donde se han de tragar y tallar los demes […]

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1618: Rocha Burguen, Geometria y traça perteneciente al oficio de sastres

Geometria y traça perteneciente al oficio de sastres […]

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1628 (?): Tailors book of Poznań

Renowacja powtórna sztuk krawieckich, 1747 r. – Archiwum Państwowe, Poznań, 1954 r.

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1640: Anduxar, Geometria Y Trazas Pertenecientes Al Oficio De Sastres

Geometria Y Trazas Pertenecientes Al Oficio De Sastres

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1641- Kisszeben

Tailor’s Pattern Book, Accession Nr.: 51.1299.1 Kisszeben

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1671: le Tailleur Sincere

Le Tailleur sincère, contenant ce qu’il faut observer pour bien tracer […]

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1682: Bruck, Schnittmusterbuch

Ein Schnittmusterbuch aus dem 17.Jahrhundert

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1700 Manuskrypt cechu krawców

Manuskrypt cechu krawców

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1713: Johannes Stöckhel; Meisterstuckbuch

Zwei Linzer Schnittbücher aus dem ersten Viertel des 18. Jahrhunderts.

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