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THE
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS’ ASSISTANT AND GUIDE.
CONTAINING
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TRADE.
History of India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha,
AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.
FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ART,
WITH DIAGRAMS AND SCALES, ETC., ETC.
VULCANIZATION AND SULPHURIZATION,
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PATENTS.
WITH
AN ELABORATE TREATISE ON TANNING.

“SUTOR ULTRA CREPIDAM.”

COMPILED AND EDITED BY

W. H. RICHARDSON, Jr.

“Give good hearing to those who give the first information in business.”—Bacon.

BOSTON:

HIGGINS, BRADLEY & DAYTON,

20 Washington St.

1858.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by

W. H. RICHARDSON, Jr.,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.