I ordered mine a few days after it was published ( when I found out about it)
from Michael Shemansky for $95USD.
Monica
- Original Message -
From: Melanie Schuessler
Date: Friday, January 5, 2007 1:18 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Questions re: Moda a Firenze
To: Historical Costume
Greetings to all,
I have a different question about this book. To those of you in the US
who got it when it first became available: how much did you pay for it,
and when was that? I'm trying to establish the "original" price of this
book to see how much it's gone up and how fast.
The book
I would add to this: a lot of the sources are Italian, also, so if you want to
track down the primary source for any of the information, it's going to be
difficult. (On the other hand, the *primary* source would be in Italian anyway,
so maybe it's great that the authors have told us where to look
The only bad things that I can think of is thet the intro by the authors is
in Italian. Plus-- there is no index. Makes it difficult to reference.
Other than that it a WONDERFUL book.
Monica
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I second Susan's recommendation of the book, although I've yet to finish
reading my copy. The info is very detailed, including history of the family,
and far more images than I've seen elsewhere. They even include an image of an
extant smock I'd not seen anywhere else done in lovely embroidery.
Quoting "A. Thurman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I've lucked into some Christmas gift money and am looking to
(finally!) purchase this book. However, given the hefty price tag, I'd
like to get some reviews (regrettably, the local textile library
doesn't have a copy). Some of my questions:
What are its
